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. Signed by the author on the title page. 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, former owner's penciled name and date on front pastedown sheet, else a very good copy.

Inventory Number: 51233