How to Get Rich on a Texas Cattle Drive: In Which I Tell the Honest Truth About

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"How to Get Rich on a Texas Cattle Drive" follows the adventures of a 15-year-old cowhand on the famous Chisholm Trail through Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, as he battles stampedes, rustlers, angry Comanche braves, territorial Kansas farmers, and half a continent's worth of dust. With a combination of tongue-in-cheek humor and actual historical detail, this fictional account draws from the personal accounts of cowhands who drove cattle from the plains of Texas to the railheads of the Midwest in the 1800's to capture the American drive towards success and riches.

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This continues the HOW TO GET RICH series, which uniquely combines compelling voices of fictional characters with authentic fact and historical situations to humorously depict the economic angle on a historic period. How to Get Rich on a Texas Cattle Drive captures the spirit of the Wild West and the legendary Chisholm Trail across Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.How to Get Rich on a Texas Cattle Drive follows the adventures of a 15-year-old cowhand on the famous Chisholm Trail through Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, as he battles stampedes, rustlers, angry Comanche braves, territorial Kansas farmers, and half a continent's worth of dust. With a combination of tongue-in-cheek humor and actual historical detail, this fictional account draws from the personal accounts of cowhands who drove cattle from the plains of Texas to the railheads of the Midwest in the 1800's to capture the American drive towards success and riches.National Geographic supports K-12 educators with ELA Common Core Resources.Visit more information.

Author Biography

Tod Olson is the author of In the Line of Fire- A Story about D-Day, as well as the nonfiction series Lost and the award-winning historical fiction series How to Get Rich. A Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA recipient, Olson lives with his family in Vermont. To learn more, visit todolson.com.Scott Allred is the illustrator of Tod Olson's award-winning How to Get Rich in the California Gold Rush, How to Get Rich on the Oregon Trail, and How to Get Rich on a Texas Cattle Drive.Gregory Proch is one of the illustrators of Tod Olson's award-winning How to Get Rich on a Texas Cattle Drive and How to Get Rich on the Oregon Trail.

Details ISBN1426305249 Author Tod Olson Short Title HT GET RICH ON A TEXAS CATTLE Pages 48 Series How to Get Rich Language English Illustrator Scott Allred ISBN-10 1426305249 ISBN-13 9781426305245 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 978.02 Illustrations Yes Year 2010 Country of Publication United States Audience Age 8-12 Place of Publication Hanover, PA UK Release Date 1900-01-01 Publication Date 2010-03-09 AU Release Date 2010-03-09 NZ Release Date 2010-03-09 US Release Date 2010-03-09 Subtitle In Which I Tell the Honest Truth About Rampaging Rustlers, Stampeding Steers and Other Fateful Hazards on the Wild Chisolm Trail Imprint National Geographic Kids Publisher National Geographic Kids Audience Children / Juvenile We've got this

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