The ride of a lifetime! The year is 1924 and the place is Florida s dusty and rugged "long" country. Sixteen-year-old Titus Timothy MacRobertson--"Tee"--cansaddle up a wild mustang and round up stray beefs on his father s ranch with the best of them， but does he have what it takes to make it on a grueling cattle drive through the unpredictable Florida wilderness? Battered by a storm， then caught up in a roaring stampede， Tee is ripsawed by the raw edges of ranching. But he manages to hang proud--until fate lands one final blow， and Tee must find the courage to become the man no one but his brother， Micah， ever thought he could be.2001 ALA Popular Paperback for YAs 01-02 Golden Sower Award Masterlist (YA Cat.) and 00-01 Tayshas High School Reading List