An African-American cowboy is so in tune with wild mustangs that they accept him into the herd, thus enabling him singlehandedly to take them to the corral.
An introduction to mustang horses, describing their physical characteristics, history, breeds, and uses, and discussing the mustang adoption program in the U.S.
The author tells, from the point of view of Annie Johnston, the story of the Nevada woman and her fight to protect American wild mustangs from professional killers who capture the horses for use in dog food.
Orphaned Katie Rose, nearing the end of her journey to Oregon County where she hopes to be taken in by her uncle and cousins, begins to wonder what life will be like for her, and for her beloved Mustang, which she plans to give its freedom.