In 1872, while journeying from Texas to Kansas, a Civil War veteran named Melvin meets a sixteen-year-old orphan, another Melvin, and they give each other nicknames and become partners and traveling companions on an exciting adventure.
- ISBN10 0606222146
- ISBN13 9780606222143
- Publish Date 1 October 2001 (first published 1 August 2000)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 1 September 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Turtleback Books
- Edition Turtleback School & Library ed.
- Format Hardcover (Library Binding)
- Language English