About the book
Settlers are lured to Montana by a land boom syndicate in a scheme that encroaches on the Flying U Ranch. Members of the Flying U attempt to thwart the land-grab, as its very existence is threatened. So begins a dramatically engrossing novel involving an array of fascinating characters, some innocent, others decidedly not. A spunky child goes missing, a prairie fire is set, and a romance begins. B. M. Bower wrote 57 acclaimed works based on the American Old West, with some of her most popular books centering on the Flying U Ranch. She also scripted several Western movies.
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Listen chapter by chapter
- Chapter 1 Old Ways and New · 8 minutes
- Chapter 2 Andy Green's New Acquaintance · 23 minutes
- Chapter 3 The Kid Learns Some Things About Horses · 24 minutes
- Chapter 4 Andy Takes a Hand in the Game · 20 minutes
- Chapter 5 The Happy Family Turn Nesters · 21 minutes
- Chapter 6 The First Blow in the Fight · 14 minutes
- Chapter 7 The Coming of the Colony · 26 minutes
- Chapter 8 Florence Grace Hallman Speaks Plainly · 23 minutes
- Chapter 9 The Happy Family Buys a Bunch of Cattle · 10 minutes
- Chapter 10 Wherein Andy Green Lies to a Lady · 17 minutes
- Chapter 11 A Moving Chapter in Events · 21 minutes
- Chapter 12 Shacks, Live Stock and Pilgrims Promptly and Painfully Removed · 22 minutes
- Chapter 13 Irish Works for the Cause · 26 minutes
- Chapter 14 Just One Thing After Another · 23 minutes
- Chapter 15 The Kid Has Ideas of His Own · 20 minutes
- Chapter 16 A Rell Old Cowpuncher · 9 minutes
- Chapter 17 Lost Child · 22 minutes
- Chapter 18 The Long Way Round · 18 minutes
- Chapter 19 Her Name Was Rosemary · 16 minutes
- Chapter 20 The Rell Ole Cowpuncher Goes Home · 9 minutes
- Chapter 21 The Fight Goes On · 10 minutes
- Chapter 22 Lawful Improvements · 12 minutes
- Chapter 23 The Water Question and Some Gossip · 14 minutes
- Chapter 24 The Kid is Used For a Pawn in the Game · 17 minutes
- Chapter 25 Little Black Shack's All Burnt Up · 12 minutes
- Chapter 26 Rosemary Allen Does a Small Sum in Addition · 12 minutes
- Chapter 27 It's Awful Easy to Get Lost · 15 minutes
- Chapter 28 As it Turned Out · 6 minutes