The Log of a Cowboy (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading)
by Adams, Andy; Reeves, DonaldFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-11-24
Publisher(s): Barnes & Noble
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Summary
Told with campfire-story spirit,The Log of a Cowboyis of the best tales of the cowboy life ever written. Drawing from his own life as a cattle driver,Andy Adamsrecounts the adventures of America's frontier. Through such memorable characters as Bill Blades and Bull Durham, we become witness to gunfights, buffalo stampedes, and cattle drives from Texas to Montana.
Author Biography
Andy Adams was born in Indiana to pioneer parents. For ten years, he drove cattle in Texas before turning to gold mining in Colorado and Nevada. He eventually settled in Colorado Springs, where he wrote such books as A Texas Matchmaker, Cattle Brands, and The Rand on the Beaver.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. IX |
| Up the Trail | p. 3 |
| Receiving | p. 9 |
| The Start | p. 20 |
| The Atascosa | p. 27 |
| A Dry Drive | p. 37 |
| A Reminiscent Night | p. 46 |
| The Colorado | p. 55 |
| On the Brazos and Wichita | p. 66 |
| Doan's Crossing | p. 77 |
| ôNo Man's Landö | p. 86 |
| A Boggy Ford | p. 100 |
| The North Fork | p. 112 |
| Dodge | p. 119 |
| Slaughter's Bridge | p. 133 |
| The Beaver | p. 147 |
| The Republican | p. 152 |
| Ogalalla | p. 163 |
| The North Platte | p. 174 |
| Forty Islands Ford | p. 182 |
| A Moonlight Drive | p. 194 |
| The Yellowstone | p. 206 |
| Our Last Campfire | p. 219 |
| Delivery | p. 228 |
| Back To Texas | p. 239 |
| Endnotes | p. 245 |
| Suggested Reading | p. 247 |
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