Saddles, Stars & Stripes
3 total works
From the treacherous mountain trails of the Pony Express, to the vast prairies of America where pioneers first settled...The "Saddle the Wind" series will sweep readers back through history on an unforgettable journey. They will meet very special heroines from different times and cultures, with two things in common: a great love of horses, and a unique brand of courage. Erika Nagys and her family have come to California from Hungary, in search of gold. When they cannot pay the rent, Erika must go and work for their nasty landlord, the rancher Hart Latham. Erika forms a special bond with an injured filly named Arany, whom she nurses back to health. When Arany escapes from the corral, Erika finds the horse - and gold - in Blackwater Creek. But will newfound riches solve her family's problems?
Away from home during the battle of Vicksburg, fourteen-year-old Jacquetta returns to find her parents gone and the plantation in Yankee hands, but with help from a slave girl, she devises a plan to rescue the family's Morgan horses.
Orphaned after the death of her father, Lexie is left alone to manage the Pony Express station where they live. Terrified of being sent away to relatives in New York, Lexie disguises herself as a boy and with her beloved horse, Cougar, sets out to search for her fugitive brother in Salt Lake City.