Trail Drivers of Texas
Item #63005
HUNTER, J[ohn] Marvin, comp. The Trail Drivers of Texas: Interesting Sketches of Early Cowboys and Their Experiences on the Range and on the Trail during the Days that Tried Men's Souls--True Narratives Related by Real Cow-Punchers and Men Who Fathered the Cattle Industry in Texas. [San Antonio, TX: Jackson Printing Co., 1920-1923]. 1st eds. 2 Vols. 498;496pp. Portrait frontises., illus., portraits. Orig. pictorial cloth. Cloth rubbed, light wear to spine ends and corners, Vol. One inner hinges starting, toned, else a very good set. [with] HUNTER, J[ohn] Marvin. Revised Volume I. The Trail Drivers of Texas: Interesting Sketches of Early Cowboys and Their Experiences on the Range and on the Trail during the Days that Tried Men's Souls--True Narratives Related by Real Cow-Punchers and Men Who Fathered the Cattle Industry in Texas. [San Antonio, TX: Globe Printing Co., 1924]. 2nd ed. 494pp. Portrait frontis., illus., portraits. Orig. pictorial cloth. Cloth lightly rubbed, front inner hinge starting, light toning, else a very good copy. Three volumes housed in custom cloth slipcase. HOWES H-816. Adams, Rampaging Herd, 1103. Adams Six Guns, 1084. Dobie, p.108. Graff 2020. Rader 1988. Reese Six-Score 61. Jenkins, Basic Texas Books, 99: "This compilation is the essential starting point for any study of Texas trail driving days. Walter Prescott Webb called it 'absolutely the best source there is on the cattle trail,' and Ramon Adams deemed it 'perhaps the most important single contribution to the history of cattle driving on the western trails.'"
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