Pintsized Pioneers – Taming The Frontier One Chores at a Time By Preston Lewis and Harriet Kocher Lewis – Lone Star Book Blog Tours. Genre: Young Adult, NonFiction, History. Pintsized pioneers took on farm and ranch chores as young as six, some going on cattle drives at eight years of age. Even Old West town tykes, who enjoyed more career possibilities, helped their folks survive as well. In the end, many pintsized pioneers pitched in to help their families make ends meet. Difficult as their lives might have been, the lessons those children learned handling chores helped them and their country in the years ahead. Those pintsized lessons have contemporary applications to the youth of today. Read my review.