Historic Sketches of the Cattle Trade of the West and Southwest.
by MCCOY, JOSEPH G
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About This Item
Edited by Ralph P. Bieber. Cloth, very good copy. Second edition. Clark and Brunet 19. Herd 1385: "Because of the valuable footnotes, this is easily the best edition." Six Score 76: "the most scholarly edition..." Dobie p. 111: "Of the several reprinted editions, the one preferred is that edited by Ralph P. Bieber, with an information-packed introduction and many illuminating notes..." Powell. A Southwestern Century 61: "this edition, with an excellent introduction and notes by Bieber, is the best of all." Merrill's Aristocrats. Loring Campbell. Six Score: "One of the 'big four' cattle books, and one of the most important on the whole industry. McCoy was the promoter of Abilene, Kansas. This book is his account of the opening of the Texas trails after the Civil War up to 1873. His book is the first general account of the cattle trade, and is one of the pillars of any range library." Dobie p. 111: "In 1867, McCoy established at Abilene, Kansas, terminus of the Chisholm Trail, the first market upon which Texas drovers could depend. He went broke and thereupon put his sense, information and vinegar into the first of all range histories. It is a landmark..."
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- Darwin Labordo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2394
- Title
- Historic Sketches of the Cattle Trade of the West and Southwest.
- Author
- MCCOY, JOSEPH G
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Glendale, California, Arthur H. Clark
- Date Published
- 1940
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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