Bud Birnie has just reached adulthood, and he's been presented with a stark choice: Take his highly cultured mother's offer of 10,000 and a grand tour of Europe, or accept his salt-of-the-earth dad's offer of a herd of cattle. The independent-minded...
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Bud Birnie has just reached adulthood, and he's been presented with a stark choice: Take his highly cultured mother's offer of 10,000 and a grand tour of Europe, or accept his salt-of-the-earth dad's offer of a herd of cattle. The independent-minded Bud eschews both of these opportunities and sets off on his own -- only to find himself embroiled in a world of trouble
Title; Contents; Chapter One: An Ambitious Man-Child was Buddy; Chapter Two: The Trail Herd; Chapter Three: Some Indian Lore; Chapter Four: Buddy Gives Warning; Chapter Five: Buddy Runs True to Type; Chapter Six: The Young Eagle Must Fly; Chapter Seven: Bud Flips a Coin with Fate; Chapter Eight: The Muleshoe; Chapter Nine: Little Lost; Chapter Ten: Bud Meets the Woman; Chapter Eleven: Guile Against the Wily; Chapter Twelve: Sport o' Kings; Chapter Thirteen: The Sinks; Chapter Fourteen: Even Mushrooms Help; Chapter Fifteen: Why Bud Missed a Dance; Chapter Sixteen: While the Going's Good
Chapter Seventeen: Guardian Angels Are Riding PointChapter Eighteen: The Catrock Gang; Chapter Nineteen: Bud Rides through Catrock and Loses Marian; Chapter Twenty: "Pick Your Footing!"; Chapter Twenty-One: Trails End;
