A sporting proposition

A sporting proposition by aldridge, James. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780316031196.

At the center of this human drama stand two a thirteen-year-old boy, wild, poor, and very stubborn, and his antagonist, the proud, crippled daughter of a wealthy rancher. They have only one thing in a horse, a wild Welsh pony both claim for their own, but only one can possess. With growing fascination, the townspeople watch the fierce struggle between the two erupt—and spread—until even the town itself is involved. Neighbors begin to take sides against neighbors; tempers flare; the whole rural community is about to come to a standstill—until someone thinks to offer a solution, a sort of sporting proposition…