"Little Ike remembered growing up in his home town fondly, even after he became a famous world leader. "Abilene is just another small town," Little Ike told himself, "no different from all the others that dot the plains." But it had not always been that way. When he told his Uncle Abe, his older relative just shook his head and said, "Once Abilene was the first cowtown, full of cowboys and longhorn cattle. Once Wild Bill Hickok was the lawman here." So Little Ike explored his town."--Opening page.