| A Texas Cowboy Contributor(s): Siringo, Charles a. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1420949241 ISBN-13: 9781420949247 Publisher: Digireads.com OUR PRICE: $9.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2013 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - Biography & Autobiography |
| Physical Information: 0.26" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.37 lbs) 108 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "A Texas Cowboy" was one of the first true looks into life as a cowboy. Its author, Charles A. Siringo, was born in Dodge City, Kansas and at the age of 15 started working on local ranches as a cowboy and participated over the course of his ranching career in many cattle drives. A highly influential work that romanticized the life of a cowboy and the Old West, Siringo's book tells an autobiographical account of riding the famous Chisholm Trail and driving 2500 head of cattle from Texas to Kansas, of leading a posse of cowboys in pursuit of Billy the Kid and his gang, and of life in general as a cowboy in the great plains during the 19th century. As the first chapter in the life of Siringo, who would later seek further career adventure as a Pinkerton detective, we find in "A Texas Cowboy" a hugely influential autobiography that gives the reader great insight into this period of time and this type of lifestyle from one of the most interesting characters to have lived it. |