This is the exciting story of the mustang—not of any one mustang, but of all wild mustangs who once roamed proud and free throughout the west. It is also the story of a slender fury of a girl who shook America awake to the danger threatening the mustangs from relentless killers, and who almost singlehanded saved them from extinction.

"Wild Horse Annie" they called her, and Marguerite Henry tells her story in a way that will enthrall readers of all ages. From her childhood Annie had been drawn to the fiercely independent mustangs of her native west. She had watched in horrified dismay the slaughter of these wild horses by professional killers. Finally she acted—staging a fighting crusade that began in her home county and reached to the White House.

This book shows a new and impressive facet of Marguerite Henry's personality. Here are all the storytelling ability and warm sympathy that have made her earlier books so beloved, plus a depth and intensity of feeling that will appeal strongly to older readers. In the illustrations by Robert Lougheed the horses and people become wonderfully alive and stand strong against the bare brown landscape of Nevada, imparting authenticity to every page of this absorbing story.

From the dust jacket