A Bluegrass girl / William H. Woods -- Oatsey remembers / L.R. Davis -- Emily Geiger / Nina N. Selivanova -- Little Rhody / Charles Newton Hood -- Rich but not gaudy / Ruth Orendorff -- A satisfactory investment / Eveline W. Brainerd -- The East End road / George C. Lane -- River Ranch / Aline Harvard -- The lone stallion / Gil Close -- In the toils of fate / Virginia Mitchell Wheat -- Betsy's horse show ribbon / Lavinia R. Davis -- Rusty takes a short cut : the story of an outlaw horse / Paul Ellsworth Triem.
Summary:
In this compilation of twelve short stories, compiler/editor Joe Wheeler captures the physical challenges and character-building choices of horse-loving girls from an older era, including Maggie, who is home alone with a band of outlaw raiders headed her way. Does shs dare try to escape on her pony, Kit, in the midst of a fierce storm, across the Missouri River, with great sections of ice threatening to break loose?
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