The Log of a Cowboy: A Narrative of the Old Trail Days (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780618083480)

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, newly introduced by Thomas McGuane, offers a true depiction of a cowboy's life and work as well as a classic adventure story of the great American frontier.

Author: Andy Adams
ISBN-10: 0618083480
ISBN-13: 9780618083480
Publisher: Mariner Books
Language: English
Published: 11/20/2000
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.32h x 5.60w x 0.75d