The author of this book "has put the story of trail development in the Dodge City-Panhandle region into historical perspective with his account of the people who made this vast transportation network possible: the troops and early entrepreneurs who laid out rough paths, the freighters who refined and developed those paths into established routes, and the people who serviced and were served by the routes". The book has a bumped front cover corner and a private library label on the ffep; the jacket shows light wear on the same lower corner and at the spine ends. This title will be of interest to those interested in the history of the American West.