Lin McLean by Wister, Owen - 1899

NY: Harper & Bros., 1899. Book. Good +. Cloth. Later Printing.. 277 pp. plus advertising matter. 8 illustrations (historical photographs of western landscapes) but one missing (Wolf Dance), and another detached but laid in. Frederick Remington sketch of hero is the frontispiece. Likely second or later printing. Dark red cloth, soil to spine, rubbing along eldge. Gilt titling and sunburst design still bright. Text clean, lightly toned, with a few foxing spots. No handwriting. Binding fairly firm, cracked at p 81. A collection of stories about a 22-year-old cow puncher, written in verbose but humorous Victorian prose. A sample, from a scene of Wil riding into Cheyenne to celebrate Christmas and meeting Doc, the governor of the territory: "We've been riding trail for twelve weeks," the cow puncher continued, "makin' our beds downs anywheres and eatin' the same old chuck every day. So we've shook fried beef and heifer's delight, and we're goin' to feed high. " Then Mr. McLean overflowed with talk and pungent confidences, for the holidays already rioted in his spirit, and his tongue was loosed over their coming rites. "We soured on scenery, : he finished in his drastic idiom. "We're sick of moonlight and cow-dung, and we're heeled for a big time." Size: 8vo - 7.5 In.