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The most authentic account of cowboy life ever written, this compelling narrative traces the events of an 1882 cattle drive, during which 3,000 longhorns traversed the Great Western Cattle Trail from Brownsville, Texas, to the Blackfoot Indian Reservation in Montana. The author, real-life cowboy Andy Adams (1859–1935), worked as a prospector as well as a cattle driver on the Western trails. Although The Log of a Cowboy crackles with the energy and...
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Andy Adams (1859-1935) was an American writer of western fiction, the son of pioneers. In the early 1880s he went to Texas, where he stayed for 10 years, spending much of that time driving cattle on the western trail. He began writing at the age of 43, publishing his most successful book, The Log of a Cowboy, in 1903. The Log of a Cowboy is an account of a five-month drive of 3,000 cattle from Brownsville, Texas, to Montana in 1882 along the Great...
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"Wells Brothers: The Young Cattle Kings" is a 1911 Western novel by American writer Andy Adams. The story revolves around two young would-be cowboys and their attempt to build a herd along the cattle trail between Kansas and Texas. As with other of Adams' novels, it offers a profound insight into authentic frontier life based on Adams' own experiences. "Wells Brothers: The Young Cattle Kings" is highly recommended for lovers of Western Fiction and...
6) The Outlet
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First published in 1905, "The Outlet" is the fictional story of a man's experiences of the Chickasaw Nation, a federally recognized Native American nation located in Oklahoma. A fantastic example of classic Western fiction, "The Outlet" is highly recommended for all lovers of the genre.
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A true-to-life narrative of the escapades and challenges of the frontier's legendary event: the cowboy cattle drive.
The Log of a Cowboy brings to life an important, yet short-lived, piece of the American Old West. It's here that the cowboy earned his reputation and admiration, and it's through protagonist Tommy Moore that we learn of some of the challenges of the legendary cattle drive. Run-ins with Indian tribes, cattle hustlers, shoot-'em-ups,...
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Immerse yourself in the world of the Wild West with this novel from renowned writer Andy Adams. A Texas Matchmaker offers a detailed look at what life was like on a cattle ranch more than a century ago, from brutal dawn-to-dusk labor to the occasional romantic courtship. As part of our mission to publish great works of literary fiction and nonfiction, Sheba Blake Publishing Corp. is extremely dedicated to bringing to the forefront the amazing works...
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