Ben has always dreamed of becoming a cowboy. But when his family moves from the West to New York City, they have to give up their ranch. Ben hates his new home: he can't imagine staying in a place without wide plains or galloping horses. But one day, he learns that the city has its own kind of cowboys...

Featuring a new endnote about the real twentieth-century riders of New York, this adventurous story reveals how one boy's dream helps him accept his new home.