The Red Mustang

"The Red Mustang" by William O. Stoddard is an exciting adventure story set in the Old American Southwest where a young cowboy named Cal Evans and his prized red mustang face danger. The story explores themes of courage and responsibility as fourteen-year-old Cal learns that Apache raiders are threatening his family's ranch by stealing cattle and horses. Together with a cowboy named Sam Herrick, Cal fearlessly pursues the raiders across the New Mexico prairie in a thrilling chase to protect his family's livelihood and home. As Cal confronts approaching raiders, the readers will realize how the determination of the young man will come to life as he rises to the ocassion to defend his family and his land.