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Joshua Ryder is eight when his mother is murdered. An old cowboy becomes the father he has never had and when he is dying asks Josh, now eighteen, to leave the ranch with their neighbor, Miguel, and get some experience working for another outfit. Riding Shadow, the buckskin he's raised from a colt, Josh comes to the Rawlins' ranch and hires on to help drive a herd of longhorns to Kansas. Martha Rawlins, the widowed ranch owner and her children, accompany the herd and she teaches Josh to read and write while on the trail. He becomes friends with the Rawlins' son, falls in love with the older…mehr

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Joshua Ryder is eight when his mother is murdered. An old cowboy becomes the father he has never had and when he is dying asks Josh, now eighteen, to leave the ranch with their neighbor, Miguel, and get some experience working for another outfit. Riding Shadow, the buckskin he's raised from a colt, Josh comes to the Rawlins' ranch and hires on to help drive a herd of longhorns to Kansas. Martha Rawlins, the widowed ranch owner and her children, accompany the herd and she teaches Josh to read and write while on the trail. He becomes friends with the Rawlins' son, falls in love with the older daughter, and adores her little sister, Kit. Another tragedy again changes the course of Josh's life and he heads back to Texas to hunt down the man who murdered his mother.
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Eunice Boeve has authored nine historical fiction books, articles for Montana Magazine, and children's stories for various publications and organizations. Her books have won recognition by the Kansas Author's Coffin Award, Kansas Reading Circle Books, Kansas Notable Books, and the governor of Kansas. In 2016, she received local recognition for her writing and was named Fort Bissell person of the year.A stay-at-home parent while her children were young, she then worked as a speech paraprofessional in a school for special needs children and then in the family funeral home. She started a library based around the subject of death and dying at the funeral home and helped bereaved families and individuals choose books that best suited their needs. She retired with her husband in 1999.