The tale of Ritch "Kid" Daniels. Just a young boy when he found himself a civil war fighter, our hero survived that deadly scuffle and many others. After the war, he partners up with his boyhood friend, Billy, now a freed slave. They work the railroads going west and take up being lawmen together. The adventures they undertake tell the real story of the West after the Civil War. Travel with them throughout the West-gambling, gunfighting when necessary, always being decent sorts trying to stay alive and treat others with respect, if they earned it. Be with them when they find, and rescue, the women who will become their wives. Find out just how hard, and how good, life in those times could be. Hang on for a wild ride and a life you might wish you could have lived.