Lead Steer And Other Tales

JACK M POTTER

Publication: Leader Press, 1939, Clayton

First edition. 8vo. Signed by the author. Stiff pictorial wrappers, [6], 116 [2] pp., foreword, illustrated. Foreword is "Belling the Lead Steer" by J. Frank Dobie. Illustrated with drawings including the front cover by H. D. Bugbee and from photos. A collection of Southwestern cowboy stories, first published in 1939 by Leader Press in Clayton, New Mexico. The book offers a firsthand glimpse into the life of a trail driver during the early 20th century. Potter, who was a rancher and cowboy himself, shares his experiences and adventures, providing readers with authentic narratives from the American Southwest. Herd 1822 says, "Scarce." Inner hinges reinforced, tiny closed tear to fore-edge of front panel, else near fine copy.