A Crooked Trail, The Story Of A Thousand-Mile Saddle Trip Up And Down The Texas Frontier In Pursuit Of A Runaway Ox, With Adventures By The Way

LEWIS B. MILLER

Publication: The Axell-Rush Publishing Company, 1908, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

First edition. 8vo. Decorated wrappers, (3)-184 pp., words "Published originally as a serial in The National Stockman & Farmer, Pittsburgh" appear on title page. The author describes an encounter with a sheep herder and his fear of attack by cattlemen, encounters with cattle thieves, a jail break and their subsequent arrest. He went as far south as San Antonio and describes a visit to the Alamo. Entire spine panel professionally reinforced with cloth, rear cover professionally and tastefully reinforced, a few pages lightly foxed, else a very good copy of a scarce item.