Title: The adventurous deeds of Deadwood Jones
Description: Thirteen-year-old Prometheus Jones and his eleven-year-old cousin Omer flee Tennessee and join a cattle drive that will eventually take them to Texas, where Prometheus hopes his father lives, and they find adventure and face challenges as African Americans in a land still recovering from the Civil War.
Subjects: Race relations, Cattle drives, Cowboys, Cousins, History, African Americans, Fiction
Places: West (U.S.)
People: Edward L. Wheeler (1854 or 5-1885)
Time periods: 1860-1890