Teddy's Cattle Drive

By Marc Simmons, Ronald Kil (Illustrator)

A boy's first cattle drive tests his grit and ingenuity on the Chisholm Trail.

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56 pages· 3,791 words· Est. 32 min read

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Eleven-year-old Teddy Abbott embarks on his first cattle drive in the 1870s, left in the care of seasoned trail boss Vito Cross. As his father departs by train, Teddy must navigate the rugged life of a cowboy, learning to wrangle horses and prepare meals. With each challenge on the Chisholm Trail, Teddy strives to prove his worth to the experienced cowboys and, most importantly, to his father. Will he rise to the occasion and earn his place among the men? Discover the trials and triumphs of a young boy's journey into cowboy life.

From the publisher

In Teddy’s Cattle Drive, Marc Simmons tells the story of E. C. Teddy Abbott, an eleven-year-old Nebraska boy whose first cattle drive takes place during the 1870s. Teddy’s father purchases a herd of beef cattle in Texas and reluctantly allows his son to accompany him to Texas to drive the cattle to their ranch in southeastern Nebraska along the Chisholm Trail. After arriving in Texas, his father decides to take the train back to Nebraska instead of accompanying the Longhorns north, leaving Teddy in the care of the sage trail boss, Vito Cross, whom Teddy wants to impress. Teddy is thrust into cowboy life with few skills and is forced to use his own ingenuity to learn the traits necessary for living on the trail. Teddy helps prepare the meals and wrangle loose horses during the day. Before the cattle drive reaches Nebraska, Teddy has worked hard to prove his worth to the band of experienced cowboys and most of all, to his father. Ronald Kil’s illustrations add another dimension to Simmons’s descriptions of Teddy’s cattle trail adventures.

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