Wild, Woolly, and Wicked: A History of the Kansas Cow Towns and the Texas Cattle Trade
by Harry Sinclair Drago
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
£8.05£5.64
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About This Item
New York, NY: Bramhall House, 1960 Bramhall House, New York. 1960. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Letter (A). Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: slight soiling to textblock edges; slight soiling to board peripheral edges. DJ: Very Good; light sunfading to spine; wear and missing small pieces at head, tail, and tips. Yellow cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering on the spine. 354 pp 8vo. Here is the full and accurate story of the hell-roaring Kansas cowtowns- the brief violent lives of Abilene, Ellsworth, Newton, Wichita, Caldwell, and Dodge City, told with spirit and color by a veteran Western writer. This book covers the cattlemen, the ranchers, the peace keepers, and the businessmen of the frontier. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016150
- Title
- Wild, Woolly, and Wicked: A History of the Kansas Cow Towns and the Texas Cattle Trade
- Author
- Harry Sinclair Drago
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Bramhall House
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1960
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Kansas history, Kansas cow towns, prostitution, shootouts, cattle drives, cattlemen, Indian Raids, Indian Wars, Buffalo, train traffic, Santa Fe Railroad, Texas Cattle Trade, saloons, Chisholm Trail, Abilene Kansas, Dodge City Kansas, Caldwell Kansas, Wic
- Bookseller catalogs
- Kansas Related; Americana;
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Cloth
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- Brodart
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- Edges
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.