Bud Miles was a boy when he crossed the Mississippi.
In these marvelous stories of the West, Louis L\'Amour tells of travelers, gunfighters, homesteaders, and adventurers: men and women making hard and sudden choices and fighting battles that could cut a person\'s life short--or open up a bold new future on the American frontier.. . . .
But when the chips were down, she was the only one who could save her husband\'s life.
Laurie Bonnet was a mail-order bride who thought she was a failure on the frontier. . . .
Now Tell was hauling dangerous freight--a soldier\'s wife and a fortune in gold--knowing that someone wanted him dead.
Tell Sackett killed cougars at fourteen and fought a war at fifteen. . . .
But Bud buried his father after an Indian attack, and as the wagon train pushed on through Sioux country, the boy stood as tall as any man.
Bud Miles was a boy when he crossed the Mississippi
