The Pony Rider Boys in Texas: Or, The Veiled Riddle of the Plains
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Frank Gee Patchin was een Amerikaanse auteur die gevierd werd om zijn productieve oeuvre aan jeugdfictie. Zijn werken duiken doorgaans in thema's als kameraadschap, moed en ontdekking, en dompelen jonge lezers onder in boeiende verhalen. Patchin creëerde bekwaam verhalen vol actie en morele dilemma's, waarmee hij de verbeelding van generaties jonge avonturiers wist te vangen.


"Ow, Wow, Wow, Wow! Y-E-O-W!" Tad Butler, who was industriously chopping wood at the rear of the woodshed of his home, finished the tough, knotted stick before looking up. The almost unearthly chorus of yells behind him had not even startled the boy or caused him to cease his efforts until he had completed what he had set out to do. This finished, Tad turned a smiling face to the three brown-faced young men who were regarding him solemnly.