This edition includes the following editor's introduction: Robert Michael Ballantyne, the Scottish master of the adventure genre for young people

First published in 1894, "The Dog Crusoe and His Master" (AKA The Dog Crusoe and His Master: A Story of Adventure in the Western Prairies) is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Michael Ballantyne.
Set in the Western prairies, "The Dog Crusoe and His Master" tells the adventure involving a young man, his dog, and two friends. Together they wander through the Western prairies on a mission to make peace between the "pale-faces" and the "Red men." They face many perils and become heroes many times over.
This marvellous story takes the reader on an action-packed journey through the Western prairies during the times when relations between the white man and the Natives were not always peaceful.