Lyle T. Hammond Illustrator

Dave Porter and two of his school from Oak Hall spend a summer at Star in Montana Their journey westward is full of incident and their days at the ranch are taken up with hunting riding a chase after thieves and other adventures which will keep the reader turning the pages.

This edition of the book contains the eight original illustrations, rejuvenated, and two additional place-, time-, and subject-relevant illustrations that are unique to this edition of the book.

Stratemeyer wrote more than 1,300 books himself, selling over 500 million copies. In addition to 10 Dave Porter books, Stratemeyer wrote seven series with mostly a military nature. He also created Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, The Rover Boys, The Dana Boys, Bomba the Jungle Boy, and Tom Swift. He wrote under seven pen names and employed a number of ghost writers for whom he wrote plot outlines. The "Stratemeyer Syndicate" was a large organization and controlled a number of publishers.