A Texas Cowboy

Charles A. Siringo's dramatic and action-packed memoirs about life in the old American West are published here in full. As well as for his time as a lawman Siringo was famous for epitomizing the spirit of adventure and free roaming that characterized North America during the 19th century. Born and raised on the Western frontier it was through his years in the West that Siringo learned the rural life of a cowboy. By the time he published this autobiography in 1885 at the age of thirty Siringo was an ambitious and confident fellow - money and lots of it he declares is the prime reason he wrote his memoirs. The book begins with Charles Siringo's account of his early life as the son of immigrants; his father an Italian and his mother Irish. We follow his early life in and around Dodge City learning the ways of the cattle hand and witnessing a few remarkable sights along the way. Eventually Siringo sets up shop as a merchant where he found the time to author this memoir.