num_pages: 304
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Log of a Cowboy: A Narrative of the Old Trail Days
titlecomplete: The Log of a Cowboy: A Narrative of the Old Trail Days
genres: Fiction, Historical, Adventure, Americana, Westerns, Classics, American History, Research, Historical Fiction, 20th Century
ratings_count: 895
publisher: Mariner Books