Western

Really good story of a smart young boy of 7 and girl of 3 with a horse who while trying to find a father or get to Ft. Bridger, escape from an
Indian, a bear, and horse thieves in the Wyoming wilderness of 1848. Very good read. ( )

Down the Long Hills by Louis L'Amour.

Indians had raided the wagon train, but seven-year-old Hardy Collins and three-year Betty Sue Adams were trying to find Big Red, Hardys horse, and not at the campsite. They are on their own now. The children encounter Indians, some bad men, wolves, lack of food, warmth and snowstorms. The father of Hardy, Scott Collins, and his two friends track the children.
I use the word "Indians" because when this book was written, the name was accepted.
It is a good read and my first book to read that was written by Louis L'Amour. ( )

No such thing a bad Louis L'Amour story ( )

An excellent L'Amour book for elementary age readers. Down the Long Hills is about a young boy who must find his way through wilderness to find his father, while avoiding an Indian intent on stealing his magnificent horse, protecting a motherless girl, and surviving. L'Amour basically takes his idea of the ideal man, looks at how that man would look as a child.