Sagebrush

Still half asleep, Michael looked up at his parents sitting on the buckboard of their covered wagon and saw an arrow penetrate his father's chest. Then he saw his mother being dragged from the wagon by two Indians. She was fighting them with all her might. He watched as one of the Indians hit her with his stone ax. His mother fell from the wagon and disappeared from his sight and from his life forever. Now he was alone.SAGEBRUSHtells of how Michael survived the Indian attack and then endures alone in the vast and hostile land. He then goes on to become a true man of the West and helps shape the history of this great nation.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 195 pages

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