Based on the TV series WAGON TRAIN, which initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master and Robert Horton as the scout. An American Western series that ran on NBC 1957-62 and then on ABC 1962-65, the show chronicles the adventures of a wagon train as it makes its way from Missouri to California. There were 284 episodes in 8 seasons: the first aired on September 18, 1957, and the final segment was broadcast on May 2, 1965
I’ve been collecting these Whitman books, and I recently found this one at an antique shop. I read through this one. This book is based on the television series of the same name as indicated on the cover. It was a decent story with a nice little twist that was fairly easy to figure out. This was YA fiction before YA was a thing.