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

from ChrisNewton

Well-written account of a cattle drive from Texas to Montana in the year 1882. For the first time I understood what cowboys actually did in addition to strumming guitars and blasting away with their six-shooters - though they do some of that too.

from DinadansFriend

J. Frank Dobie, an authority closer to the time period described this book as the best memoirs to be found of real life on the trail. I'm going to agree. It's not that much like the TV show, "Rawhide", but it seems true.

from antiquary

This book was an assigned text when I took American history with Edmund Danziger (a specialist in the American West). Of all the books assigned, I liked it best for its sense of absolute authenticity. Oddly, most of the class disliked it, perhaps because it was not fictionalized enough.

from GTTexas

An interesting first hand account of a cattle drive from the southeastern most tip of Texas to the Yellowstone area of Montana. Well written. Somewhat sanitized, but includes vernacular of the day.

from antiquary

This book was an assigned text when I took American history with Edmund Danziger (a specialist in the American West). Of all the books assigned, I liked it best for its sense of absolute authenticity. Oddly, most of the class disliked it, perhaps because it was not fictionalized enough.