They say that Columbus discovered America, although really the Vikings and the American Indians had found the place a great deal before he set sail. Still, this is no moment to stand around arguing about it – it's time to join that wagon train with the early pioneers and ride off towards the empty wilds of the West.

Along the way we meet up with a stetson-full of famous Wild West heroes, among them the fearless fur-trapper Davy Crocodile, Wild Bill Hickockerel, the tough sheriff of Grubstake Gulch, trainrobber Jesse Jackrabbit and his gang, and of course the circus artists Annie Sharpshooter and Buffalo Bill.

Mauri Kunnas's books have been translated into more than 25 languages.