In Forlorn River, young Ben Ide is cast out by his rich dad, branded a wild horse hunter and possible rustler. Ide befriends a wounded man, whom he nicknames Nevada.
Then the love of Bens youth returns after being away at college and an evil man has become his fathers partner and has spread lies about Ben. Beautiful descriptions of the American West, written in 1927, for people who had never seen or experienced its beauty and majesty.