A Crooked Trail

The Story Of A Thousand-mile Saddle Trip Up And Down The Texas Frontier In Pursuit Of A Runaway Ox A steer named Old Lep wanders off into the wildlands, pursued by a barefooted farmboy, beginning an epic pursuit that carries past pioneer cabins, through forests and mountain glens, by ranches and frontier forts until it becomes a great marching cavalcade of cattle and horses and armed and mounted men.

The adventure continues against the backdrop raging of storms, the screaming of wild animals, the glare and smoke of prairie fires, the lowing and trampling of driven herds, the angry growling of mobs, and the thunder and clatter of the wild midnight ride. Settlers and ranchmen, outlaws and sheriffs, cowboys, soldiers, rangers and vigilants, march across the pages...all on the trail of one wayward ox.

"A thrilling narrative of the vigorous, stirring life in that period of the history of Texas which immediately followed that of the pioneers. It was a time filled with excitement and adventure, which the author neglects no opportunity to portray in this tale." Publishers Weekly

"A tale of delightful adventure... stirring, vigorous, romantic." The St. John Globe

"No more thrilling escapes can be found in fiction than those graphically told in this work, the excitement beginning with the first chapter and holding the reader till the last." Cincinnati Times-Star

"A vivid, thrilling narrative. The story is intensely interesting." Boston Globe

Lewis B. Miller (1861-1933) was a teacher, publishing executive, and a prolific author of short stories and novels.