Mavericks, from Victor Niederhoffer
When someone talks about tinkering with the data, I think about how one of Louis L'Amour's favorite words was tinker, and many heroes of his stories are tinkers, who were door to door fix up people and salesman for the Sacketts. However, I repeat that Jack Schaefer surpasses L'Amour as a writer, story teller, and benevolent personage by a mile. I would recommend his book [*Mavericks*](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0395070899?tag=mynoleli-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=0395070899&adid=06PS88900SEYE2VY1QWQ) for all about mustangs captured for Barnum, a horse race, horse thieves, and more. Very beautiful. Almost as good as Monte Walsh or Milo Bennet.