
Two brothers, lean and wiry from life on the X Bar X Ranch, ride their horses across the crumbling trails of Mica Mountain, trading jokes about porcupines and the oddities of frontier life. Their banter reveals a tight bond—Roy, the thoughtful older sibling, and Teddy, the light‑hearted younger—while the rugged landscape around them hints at both danger and opportunity.
When a sudden rumble of thunder rolls over the canyon, the boys are forced to decide whether to press on home or investigate the source of the mysterious noise. Their curiosity about a new grazing prospect and the strange sounds echoing through the hills set the stage for a summer of unexpected challenges, hidden hazards, and the kind of youthful daring that defines life on the open range.
Language
en
Duration
~4 hours (245K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1926.
Credits
Al Haines, Howard Ross & the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at https://www.pgdpcanada.net
Release date
2023-10-26
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Best known as the name on the X Bar X Boys adventures, this was a house pseudonym rather than a single biographical person. The books delivered fast-moving Western stories for young readers during the heyday of the Stratemeyer Syndicate.
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