Peter Becomes a Trail Man - The Story of a Boy's Journey on the Santa Fe Trail

Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, 2002. First Edition Stated - 2nd Printing . Hard Back. Very Good/Very Good. 6 1/4" x 8 3/4. Olliphant, Pat - Illustrations. 191 Pages. Author's signature on the half-title page and inscribed by the author on the title page. Interior text pages are bright, tight, and white. No marks of any sort. Set in the early 1850s, this is a gripping Santa Fe Trail story for young readers. Peter Blair is a twelve-year-old St. Louis boy whose mother has recently died and whose father has gone to Santa Fe to seek his fortune. A St. Louis friend agrees to care for Peter. When his father's acquaintance "Uncle" Seth returns to St. Louis, he checks on Peter. The lonely boy persuades his "Uncle," a weather-beaten trapper, to take him to Santa Fe to be with his father. Uncle Seth leads their wagon train through an Indian attack, desertion by greenhorns, a buffalo stampede, a violent storm, and other hardships. When Peter finally reaches his destination, he finds that his father has left Santa Fe. He must go on another journey, one that almost proves fatal. Contents in 15 Chapters: Peter Starts A Fight, Mrs Morris Does Not Approve, Peter makes Big Plants, The Great Adventure Begins, Up the Wide Missouri, Peter Gets a new Outfit, Starting Out on the Trails, Catch Up Catch Up, Brownie Becomes a Hero, The Pawnees Attack, A Grizzly Threatens, You Ain't Got a Chance, Santa Fe - At Last, The Governor Was Right, and Peter and Brownie Reunited.