Wrango Author:Brian Burks When George McJunkin goes into the cowboy business at the age of sixteen, he does it go get away from the cramped, bleak life that waits for young black men in Rogers Prarie, Texas. But soon he's thrust into a land fraught with dangers: Besides the choking dust, churning rivers, and punishing storms, he and his fellow riders and exposed to s... more »omething worse -- the whims of men armed with knives or guns or greed, or just prue hate. It's hard to tell friend from enemy, but nobody will survive alone.
Full of heroes and outlaws, gunmen and horse thieves, honor and betrayal, George's brutal and blazing journey carried him headlong into a new life. Inspired by the adventures of Cowboy George McJunkin, Wrango tells the story of one young man who sets off up the Chisholm Trail, to find out for himself just what freedom means. « less