Summary of Burk's "Runs With Horses" Brian Burks has also written classic westerns for adults. This was his first book for young adults. He lives in Tularosa, New Mexico with his This book takes place at Sierra Madre in Mexico with a small band of Chiricahua Apaches. The year was 1886. Runs With Horses is about a young Apache Indian and the trials he faces to achieve manhood. These trials include going with the warriors on four raids, being able to jog three miles up a mountain and three miles back with a mouthful of water without swallowing it, and by wrestling all other boys his age with no mercy until one is very near death and the