The Log of a Cowboy (Riverside Bookshelf)

Andy Adams

Published by Houghton, Mifflin Company, Boston, MA, 1955

About this Item

Houghton, Mifflin Company, Boston, MA. c1955 abridged- The number of chapters has been reduced by three. Nothing has been omitted, however, that is essential to the interest or the characteristic flavor of the book. Hardcover. Stated 10th Printing of the 4th Edition -1903, 1927, 1931, 1955. The Riverside Bookshelf. Retired library copy with inked out stamp on the title page; several numbers written on the copyright page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; tape residue on the front and rear boards and endpapers; light shelfwear to head, tail, tips and board bottom edges; checkout pocket on RFFP. DJ: Very Good +; index humber on tap on spine; light wear to head, tail, and tips. Orange cloth boards and spine with bright black lettering and decoration on the spine. 324 pp 8vo. Andy Adams (May 3, 1859 to September 26, 1935) was an American writer of western fiction. 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 Western Cattle Trail. Although the book is fiction, it is firmly based on Adams's own experiences on the trail, and it is considered by many to be the best account of cowboy life in literature. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.

Seller Inventory # 017570

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Log of a Cowboy (Riverside Bookshelf)
• Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin Company, Boston, MA
• Publication Date: 1955
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: R. Farrington Elwell
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Printing: 5th or later Printin
• Condition: Very Good +
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +
• Seller catalogs:
  • Historical Fiction
  • Southwestern History
  • The Old West/Outlaws