Becoming a Man

Using real historical events and places adventures are woven into the life of Luke a fictional young boy that carries him through tragedies and successes in the 1880s. Orphaned at the age of 13 he rides west on his one eyed pony a Sharps Rifle and encounters Indians and cattle drovers. At a buffalo wallow his pony is killed and he obtains a large black horse. Luke continues west in search of the horses true owner. At the Rio Grande River assistance is provided by a Padre who sends Luke on west to the Bar-C ranch to return the black horse. With successful encounters at Socorro and Magdalena NM Luke becomes a ranch hand where his Sharps is used on rustlers mountain lions and Indians.