22 free verse poems take one back to the 1860s and life on a cattle drive from Texas to Kansas.  Dan Burr’s realistic digital paintings are an excellent combination with Harrison’s descriptions of life out west living under the stars with 3000 longhorn cattle.  Sometimes humorous, sometimes thoughtful, sometimes candid, these poems give insight to the hard life of a Texas cowboy.  Words like hardened, rugged, tough, and grizzled just begin to describe life on the Chisholm Trail but can’t conceal the pride the cowboys had as they endured every aspect of their job.  The poems depicting life during this period in our history are geared toward upper elementary or middle school readers wanting to experience the tough life of a wrangler.