Zack Harper, young North Carolinian hero of Rifles at Ramsour's Mill, continues his invaluable work as a buckskin scout for the Continental Army in this second of four books about his adventures in the Revolutionary War. Following the Tories under resourceful Colonel Patrick Ferguson until they entrenched themselves on King's Mountain, through all kinds of terrain with the ever-present danger of capture, took all the skill and patience Zack and his fellow scouts possessed. And the decisive battle that followed proved that Zack and his friends were not only seasoned scouts but gallant fighters as well. An absorbing, historically accurate story about a battle which turned the tide in the Southern theater, fought by men who were inclined to neutralism at first but became dedicated fighters once they made up their minds to join the patriots.