A man, a horse, a grueling ride halfway across the country, a fifteen-hundred-mile horseback ride to win a bet, to prove a point and to honor tradition. No this didn't happen in the late 1800's, it happened in 1946. The bet was between Jimmy Wakely, Hollywood singing cowboy, and Rolla Goodnight, Oklahoma cattle rancher and cousin of legendary Charles Goodnight. Frank "Pistol Pete" Eaton, Rolla's lifelong friend, provided the Osage Indian pony and a Colt .45. Rolla's twenty-year-old grandson, Jerry Van Meter, is the man they were betting on. Here's the 1946 bet. "He must ride from Guthrie, Oklahoma, to Hollywood, California, in fifty days, taking only what he can carry on his horse." He set out on May 4, bound for Hollywood. Unfolding against the backdrop of a changing postwar America, this true story of adventure takes you back to an earlier time and an unforgettable journey.

Read by Rusty Nelson.

Approx. 8 Hrs. 6 Tapes