The Trail Drivers of Texas: Interesting Sketches of Early Cowboys - Couverture souple

Hunter, J. Marvin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1541065859 ISBN 13 : 9781541065857

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

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. John Marvin Hunter (March 18, 1880 – June 29, 1957) was an author, historian, journalist, and printer who founded the Frontier Times Museum in Bandera, Texas. The museum, which contains about 40,000 artifacts of the American West, opened in 1933, It is named for Hunter's Frontier Times magazine, which was first published in 1923.

A propos du livre

About the Author :

J. Marvin Hunter was a journalist and printer who wrote about Western U.S. history.

Review :

"For 60 years, The Trail Drivers of Texas has been considered the most monumental single source on the old-time Texas trail drives north to Kansas and beyond....Because of its vast volume of raw material, expressed in the words of those who lived the life and rode the long miles, students of cattle industry history regard it with high respect, even awe." (Dallas Morning News)

". . . the essential starting point for any study of Texas trail driving days. Walter Prescott Webb called it ‘Absolutely the best source there is on the cattle trail . . .’ " (Basic Texas Books)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1541065859
• ISBN 13: 9781541065857
• Reliure: Paperback
• Nombre de pages: 440