A new boy draws on the inspiration of mythical personalities to obtain the strength to fight an evil land baron from the west who would like to steal his loved ones and also then ruin their manicured community. His very first impulse is for his family to flee the threat, and provide up their life If Daniel Hackett finds his father Jonas severely hurt by the Stiles. Going to a pond to try to decide what to do, he falls asleep on a boat and wakes to find himself at the wild west, in the business of this"tall story" legends like Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan, John Henry and Calamity Jane. Together, they fight exactly the same villains Daniel is facing into his"real" universe, finishing with a epic confrontation in which the boy stands around Stiles and his henchmen, and rallies his neighbors to fight back against land grabbers who desire to ruin their city.