Physical description
Front dust cover shows a boy holding a rope lasso hiding behind tall grasses watching a black horse. There are other horses in the background. Also in the background is a grass plain which is ringed by mountains.
The book itself is bound in red with the title in black writing. On the front of the book there is a logo of the Panther Library. The name of the author, the title and the publisher are written in black down the spine of the book.
Publication type
fiction
Inscriptions & markings
Presented to/ Bruce Thompson/ Christ Church/ Marysville/ 1954
S.T. Reynolds/ Bookseller/ &/ Stationer/ ALEXANDRA
Other books in the Panther Library/ PETE AND THE PRAIRIE PEOPLE by Rex Dixon/ JOEY OF JASMINE STREET/ by Robert Martin/ JOEY AND THE RIVER PIRATES/ by Robert Martin
PETE OF THE/ WILD GRASS COUNTRY/ by/ REX DIXON
Illustrated by Jack Harman
THOMAS NELSON AND SONS LTD/ LONDON EDINBURGH PARIS MELBOURNE/ TORONTO AND NEW YORK
THOMAS NELSON AND SONS LTD/ Parkside Works Edinburgh 9/ 3 Henrietta Street London WC2/ 312 Flinders Street Melbourne C1/ 5 Parker's Buildings Burg Street Cape Town/ THOMAS NELSON AND SONS (CANADA) LTD/ 91-93 Wellington Street West Toronto 1/ THOMAS NELSON AND SONS/ 19 East 47th Street New York 17/ SOCIETE FRANCAISE D'EDITIONS NELSON/ 25 rue Henri Barbusse Paris Ve/ First published 1954
Stamp of the Marysville & District / Historical Society Inc/ P.O. Box 22/ Marysville 3779
Summary
Pete Cimarron, the wild boy, was raised by Indians in the Wild Grass Country of Texas. When the Indians moved on to new hunting grounds Pete was left to take care of himself. This he does by roaming over the Wild Grass Country catching wild horses, which he sells to his friend Murky Joe. When the wagon trains from the east begin to settle near the Wild Grass Country, Pete finds himself swept into an exciting struggle to claim and hold his land.
