Ride a Northbound Horse - Large Print Author:Richard Wormser Cav and his family departed Alabama in a wagon bound for Texas and a new life. However, when they reached the swamplands of Louisiana, fever claimed all the other members of his family. The story opens with Cav sitting and wondering what to do next, the two oxen are sound animals that respond well to his control, so he has no trouble in continui... more »ng the journey. Unfortunately, now he has no destination. The events have almost sapped as his emotional strength and he is on the edge of coming completely apart. A man named Bruce Cavanaugh (Big Cav) spots his campfire and would like Cav to share it, and although wary of a stranger, Cav enjoys the human company. Big Cav is the boss of a team that is going to drive a large herd of cattle up to the cattle markets in Kansas.« less