Pioneering In Southwest Texas. True Stories Of Early Day Experiences In Edwards And Adjoining Counties

GRAY, FRANK S. [EDITED AND WITH A FOREWORD BY J. MARVIN HUNTER]

Publication: The Steck Company, 1949, Austin

First edition. 8vo. Inked presentation inscription on the front pastedown sheet signed by J. Marvin Hunter, who edited this book. Original brown cloth with titles stamped in black on the front cover, map on front free fly leaf, vii [1], 247 pp., foreword, frontispiece [portrait of Frank S. Gray], illustrated from photographs, portraits. Pioneer history that centers around Edwards County, but includes information on Real and Kinney counties. Chapters on Devils Sink Hole; trail-driving; hunting rattlesnakes, coyotes, lions and bears; wild horses; the attempted train robbery in Coleman County; the last Indian raid in Frio Canyon; and much more. Covers lightly rubbed at spine ends and corners, else a near fine, tight and internally clean copy in dust jacket with chips to the spine ends, corners, and extremities.

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