Grant Cannon&rsquo;s father left a hardscrabble East Texas farm for the Colorado gold fields in the 1860s.&nbsp; After two years of waiting, their mother left for San Francisco and Grant and his brother headed west to look for their father, Dale.&nbsp; They stumble on a collection of homesteads that the residents, mostly former slaves, call Freedom Town.&nbsp; They stay there for several years, thinking that Dale is dead. &nbsp;<br />Dale had been shot and robbed but survived three years alone in the mountains with amnesia.&nbsp; The brothers find Dale and bring back toward normalcy.&nbsp; Dale told them where to find much gold and silver, which turned into Cannon Mines.<br />Grant turned his newfound wealth into a large horse ranch west of Denver.&nbsp; Three friends also bought multiple sections of land bordering Grant&rsquo;s.&nbsp; The small group have to fight to protect their property from claim jumpers, rustlers, thieves, Cuban assassins, wild animals, and Ute horse raiders.&nbsp; They also helped rescue a Freedom Town resident from a lynch mob in Denver.<br />This book describes how a man raises himself up from poverty to wealth while maintaining high moral character.&nbsp; It is chock full of western action, heroes, and villains.