Historical fiction based on the life of Uncle Nick Wilson who the town of Wilson,WY was named after. Twelve-year-old Jimmy Spoon yearns for the life of adventure he is certain a horse would bring. So when two Shoshoni boys offer him a horse, on the condition he ride with them to their camp, Jimmy sneaks away from his family in Salt Lake City to follow the boys. But the journey is harder and much longer than he imagined, and when Jimmy arrives at the Shoshoni camp he discovers that he is expected to stay-as a member of the tribe!

202pp.