Frank Carlson Library

A teenage fugitive, Melvin Parmlee flees Texas to escape a charge of murder after killing a man for shooting his dog, following a twisted trail of adventure, revenge, hardship, and danger as he grows from boy to man.

The story of Charlie Black, the son of a prosperous Cherokee family, who runs afoul of the law and becomes the leader of an outlaw band that strikes out on a very strange warpath.