故事描述約翰杜頓經營著美國面積最大的連片牧場，但這一望無際的大牧場卻屢遭土地開發商、印地安原住民和周邊勢力侵襲。這是美國歷史上最美麗也最醜陋的時代，只要使用暴力強奪土地便能使人一夜致富，加上世界最大的石油和木材公司明目張膽的以賄賂手法讓政客為其護航，毫無法紀可言。井裡下毒、謀殺、各種惡毒行為在此司空見慣，想要保護自己的土地，只能靠自己的力量。

The high-stakes ranching and farming world of McBee Farm & Cattle is on the brink of becoming either a billion-dollar business or a financial disaster.

Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy was a CBC Television television show based upon the adventures of author and rancher Richmond P. Hobson, Jr. in Northern British Columbia. It is based upon the eponymous book and also The Rancher Takes a Wife.