A Texas Matchmater

A Texas Matchmater by Andy Adams Andy Adams (May 3 1859 - September 26 1935) was an American writer of western fiction. Andy Adams was born in Indiana. His parents were Andrew and Elizabeth (Elliott) Adams. As a boy he helped with the cattle and horses on the family farm. During the early 1880s he went to Texas where he stayed for 10 years spending much of that time driving cattle on the western trails. In 1890 he tried working as a businessman but the venture failed so he tried gold-mining in Colorado and Nevada. In 1894 he settled in Colorado Springs where he lived until his death.