The Prairie Schooner

"The Prairie Schooner" by William Francis Hooker is a recount from the early 1900s that takes you back to the wild days when America was expanding westward, spotlighting the tough but thrilling lives of the bullwhackers, the drivers who managed ox-pulled wagons across the open plains. With each turn of the page, the readers will discover the unforgiving conditions of the old West, including clashes involving native peoples, nature's fury, and the brotherhood that tied the freighters together, giving an inside look at life before trains fully took over and tamed the landscape. The story begins with letters between old companions, looking back on their wild escapades in an America that was seeing a seismic shift from the age of the ox-dray to the upcoming railways.