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When a desperate letter from his cousin Logan summons him, Tell Sackett takes on the daunting task of driving a herd of cattle from Kansas to British Columbia before winter. The journey tests him against prairie fires, buffalo stampedes, and Sioux war parties, while a shadowy enemy stalks him across the Dakotas and the Canadian Rockies. Ever loyal, Tell vows to bring aid to Logan—or die trying, never abandoning a member of the Sackett family.
First publish date: 1900
Genre: Western Fiction/Western Adventure
Authors: Louis L'Amour
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