The log of a cowboy
By: by Andy Adams ; pictures by R. Farrington Elwell
Contributors: Elwell, R. Farrington, illustrator
Edition: Abridged ed.].
Series: Riverside bookshelf
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1955
Place of publication: Boston, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
Copyright date: 1955
Subjects: Cowboys; Fiction; Cattle trails
Description: The Log of a Cowboy is an account of a five-month drive of 3,000 cattle from Brownsville, Texas, to Montana in 1882 along the Great Western Cattle Trail. Although the book is fiction, it is firmly based on Adams's own experiences on the trail, and it is considered by many to be the best account of cowboy life in literature. Adams was disgusted by the unrealistic cowboy fiction being published in his day; The Log of a Cowboy was his response. It is still in print, and even modern reviewers consider it a compelling classic. The Chicago Herald said: "As a narrative of cowboy life, Andy Adams' book is clearly the real thing. It carries its own certificate of authentic first-hand experience on every page."
Notes: "the number of chapters has been reduced by three"--Pub. note.

Originally published: Boston : Houghton, Mifflin, 1903.