Andy Adams

Broschiertes Buch

The Log of a Cowboy

A Narrative of the Old Trail Days

Beschreibung

"The Log of a Cowboy" is a 1903 novel by Andy Adams. The narrator, a boy in his late teens, takes part in a large-scale cattle drive from Texas to an Indian reservation in Montana. On their way, they must endure rustlers, renegade Indians, treacherous terrain, stampedes, criminals, droughts, and more. Andy Adams (1859 - 1935) was an American western fiction writer. Other notable works by this author include: "A Texas Matchmaker" (1904), "A Texas Matchmaker" (1905) and "Cattle Brands" (1906). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction and biography of the author.

Autor

Andy Adams was an American author of western literature who lived from May 3, 1859, to September 26, 1935. The son of Andrew Adams, who was of Irish origin, and Elizabeth Elliott, who was of Scottish descent, Andy Adams was born in Thorncreek Township, Whitley County, Indiana. He assisted with the cattle and horses on the family farm when he was a little boy. He moved to Texas in the early 1880s and lived there for ten years, spending a lot of that time moving cattle over the western routes. He attempted to become a merchant in 1890, but the endeavor was unsuccessful. He next tried his hand at gold mining in Colorado and Nevada. He relocated to Colorado Springs in 1894, where he remained until his death. His most popular work, The Log of a Cowboy, was published in 1903, when he was 43 years old and he starting to write. A Texas Matchmaker (1904), The Outlet (1905), Cattle Brands (1906), Reed Anthony, Cowman: An Autobiography (1907), Wells Brothers (1911), and The Ranch on the Beaver are some of his other books (1927).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Classic Western Fiction Library
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 464g
• ISBN-13: 9781473334137
• ISBN-10: 1473334136
• Artikelnr.: 46006966