The Log of a Cowboy: A Narrative of the Old Trail Days

A classic fictional chronicle of life on the open trail THE LOG OF A COWBOY has long been considered the best and most reliable account of real cowboy life ever written. In the years following the Civil War sixteen-year-old Andy Adams left his home in the San Antonio Valley and took to the range. Here he charts his first journey as a bona fide cowboy from south Texas to Montana along the western trail. Guided by his plainspoken sure-saddled voice and the living breathing feel of firsthand experience on every page we relive dusty cattle drives perilous river crossings honor-based gunfights and narrow escapes from buffalo stampedes not to mention tall tales passed around the campfire and such unforgettable characters as Bull Durham and Bill Blades. THE LOG OF A COWBOY offers a true depiction of a cowboy's life and work as well as a classic adventure story of the great American frontier.