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]

Publication: Published under the direction of George W Saunders, President of The Old Trail Drivers Association, 1920, San Antonio

First edition. 8vo. Volume I. 8vo. Pictorial cloth, 498 pp., frontispiece, portraits, advertisement. "Published under the direction of George W. Saunders, President of the Old Trail Drivers Association. This first volume was exhausted before the second volume appeared; therefore it was reprinted in 1924 with some revisions and additions in an edition of 500 copies with a "second edition" imprint...In spite of the crudeness of the two volumes, they are perhaps the most important single contribution to the history of cattle driving on the Western trails."--Ramon Adams. In SIX-GUNS...Ramon Adams refers to the original edition as "rare" and the 1924 "second edition" as scarce. "This compilation is the essential starting point for any study of Texas trail driving days."--John Jenkins. "Absolutely the best source there is on the cattle trail"--Walter Prescott Webb. "This vast complication 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. A rare and important work. This first volume has been re-cased with the original covers laid-down and internal spine channels have been reinforced else a near fine, tight and clean copy in the original dust jacket with small chips to the spine ends and spine panel with light wear to the corners and extremities. A nice tight and attractive copy.