Return to Sierra Valley - A California Cowboy's Quest for Adventure by Arthur Rathburn

Return to Sierra Valley is the story of a teenager raised in a remote valley in the Northern Sierra Nevada mountain valley in the mid 1800's. It follows this young man as he runs away from home and makes his way east on the newly completed continental railroad, his journey back to his beloved valley, and his role in changing the valley economy from subsistence farming to cattle ranching.