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Uncle Sam, a cavalry horse, travels to Louisiana in the months before America enters World War II. Sam and his best friend, Sergeant Ed, take part in the Louisiana Army Maneuvers, a mock battle featuring infantry, tanks, jeeps, and traditional cavalry units. As the battles end and Pearl Harbor nears, Uncle Sam and his friends escape into the piney woods of western Louisiana where they become the forerunners of the famous Fort Polk wild horse herd.

In the warm storytelling style loved by his readers, Louisiana author Curt Iles weaves a wonderful short story of adversity, perseverance, love, and redemption. Told through the eyes of a ninety-six-year-old man, Luther Perkins, as he recalls his boyhood journey across America during the Great Depression. His story begins in the Louisiana Pineywoods, from where he leaves home and becomes part of the huge migration of young men torn from their roots and families.