The fierce bad rabbit takes away the nice gentle rabbit's carrot nuts with the other squirrels. But, a hunter with a gun takes the fierce bad rabbit's tail and whiskers.

After acquitting himself on the battlefield in multiple volumes of Castlemon's beloved juvenile fiction collection The Gunboat Series, protagonist Frank Nelson sets off for another adventure -- this time in the heart of the majestic Rocky Mountains. Through brutal storms, run-ins with friendly and not-so-friendly inhabitants of the region, and several other setbacks and challenges, Frank and his loyal sidekick Archie strive bravely to make it back home.

Under normal conditions a whole person has a decided advantage over a handicapped one. But out in deep space the normal may be reversed--for humans at any rate.