THE TRAIL DRIVERS OF TEXAS, INTERESTING SKETCHES OF EARLY COWBOYS AND THEIR EXPERIENCES ON THE RANGE AND ON THE TRAIL DURING THE DAYS THAT TRIED MEN'S SOULS - TRUE NARRATIVES RELATED BY REAL COW-PUNCHERS AND MEN WHO FATHERED THE CATTLE INDUSTRY IN TEXAS

HUNTER, J. MARVIN (COMPILED AND EDITED BY))

Published by Cokesbury Press, 1925., Nashville, 1925

About this Item

Second edition revised. Deluxe edition limited to 100 copies of which this copy number 10, Signed by George W. Saunders, President of "The Old Trail Drivers Association." Two-tone quarter gray cloth and light blue cloth, titles stamped in gilt on the spine, top edges gilt, xvi, 1044p., frontispiece (portrait). illustrated from photographs, portraits, foreword, two volumes in one. "Published under the direction of George W. Saunders, President of the Old Trail Drivers Association." "These are the chronicles of the trail drivers of Texas . those rugged men and, sometimes, women who drove cattle and horses up the trails from Texas to northern markets in the late 1800s. Gleaned from members of the Old Time Trail Drivers' Association, these hundreds of real-life stories . some humorous, some chilling, some rambling, all interesting . form an invaluable cornerstone to the literature, history, and folklore of Texas and the West." This edition is preferred by many collectors and scholars because it combines all the accounts found in the original Volumes 1 and 2, and the first revised issue of Volume 1. This edition also contains 9 additional accounts not found in any earlier editions. ".Perhaps the most important single contribution to the history of cattle driving on the Western trails."---Ramon Adams. "This compilation is the essential starting point for any study of Texas trail driving days."---John H. Jenkins. "Absolutely the best source there is on the cattle trail."---Walter Prescott Webb. "This vast compilation of original accounts by old trail drivers is one of the best cattle books and the largest collection of first hand narratives of the range cattle industry."---Bill Reese. An important work. A Merrill Aristocrat of the Cow Country. An amazing copy still protected with the original unprinted glassine dust jacket and a fine, virtually unused copy of a book that rarely comes to market. This is the nicest copy we have ever handled and it is housed in a two-tone quarter leather and cloth clamshell case with titles stamped in gilt on the spine. An exceptional copy. Seller Inventory # 49616

Bibliographic Details

Title: THE TRAIL DRIVERS OF TEXAS, INTERESTING ...

Publisher: Cokesbury Press, 1925., Nashville

Publication Date: 1925

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First edition.