Fourteen-year-old Dowty Ritter, an orphan, escapes the confines of the Sioux City, Iowa, orphanage he has lived in since his father's death three years earlier. Heading for Des Moines, with hopes of joining the army, Dowty ...

On Stony Ground chronicles the adventures of Goose, a young runaway, and his friend Henry, a mentally handicapped man who helps Goose survive in the small town of Cimarron, Oklahoma. Goose's journey begins when he is ...