6. From Ranch to Railhead
with Charles Goodnight

In this book, you will experience the adventure of trailing a herd north to the railhead at Dodge City. As in all the My American Journey books, a fictional character will go on the drive north with Charlie Goodnight. Jake does not interfere with the real history of cattle drives, but he does get into the adventure. The cattle drive story told in this book has been put together from diaries of cowboys and from the records and descriptions kept by Charles Goodnight. In From Ranch to Railhead you will do everything the real cowboys did -- ride drag, cross flooded rivers, hang on through a stampede, face down rustlers, and struggle to survive the rigors of the trail.

Included in this full-color, attractively bound book are:
-- A Character-Development Section that applies lessons
to the reader from Charles Goodnight's honesty.
-- An Activity Section that will make Goodnight's life "hands on" real.
-- A "Do You Know?" Section that provides added information about
events, people, and things mentioned in From Ranch to Railhead.

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Charles Goodnight Links:
Goodnight-Loving Trail
PBS: Charles Goodnight
The Cowboy's Chuck Wagon
Texas Handbook: Charles Goodnight