A Texas Cowboy: or fifteen years on the hurrican deck of a Spanish pony
by Charles A. Siringo
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0803251874
- ISBN 13
- 9780803251878
- Seller
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Binghamton, New York, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
After a nomadic childhood, Charles Siringo signed on as a teenage cowboy for the noted Texas cattle king, Shanghai Pierce, and began a life that embraced all the hard work, excitement, and adventure readers today associate with the cowboy era. He "rid the Chisholm trail," driving 2,500 heads of cattle from Austin to Kansas; knew Tascosa-now a historic monument-when it was home to raucous saloons, red light districts, and a fair share of violence; and led a posse of cowboys in pursuit of Billy the Kid and his gang.First published in 1885, Siringo's chronicle of his life as a itchy-footed boy, cowhand, range detective, and adventurer was one the first classics about the Old West and helped to romanticize the West and its myth of the American cowboy. Will Rogers declared, "That was the Cowboy's Bible when I was growing up."
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- Bookseller
- Gil's Book Loft (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 075066
- Title
- A Texas Cowboy: or fifteen years on the hurrican deck of a Spanish pony
- Author
- Charles A. Siringo
- Illustrator
- Art by Tom Lea
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 3rd ptg thus
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0803251874
- ISBN 13
- 9780803251878
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press/ Bison
- Place of Publication
- Lincoln
- Date Published
- 1979
- Pages
- 198
- Keywords
- Americana/ Texas American West
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