Tells of the far West in the days of the buffalo and wild Indian. The ranch was in a great basin surrounded by the Rocky Mountains. Other books in the series are Jack Among The Indians, Jack In The Rockies, Jack The Young Canoeman, Jack The Young Trapper, Jack The Young Explorer, and Jack The Young Cow-Boy.
George Bird Grinnell was a man of diverse talents-editor, author, traveler, and scientist. Born in 1849, he became, by turn of the century, one of the best-known and most popular interpreters of the American Indian.