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Texas Jack, America's First Cowboy Star MATTHEW KERNS

Texas Jack, America's First Cowboy Star

MATTHEW KERNS

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Publication: TwoDot, 2021, Guilford, Connecticut

First edition. 8vo. Color pictorial paper over boards, xx, 348 pp., introduction, illustrated from photographs, portraits, epilogue, notes, index, acknowledgments, about the author. "A biography of John B. 'Texas Jack' Omohundro, the first well-known cowboy in America, 1846-1880. A Confederate scout and spy from Virginia, Jack left for Texas within weeks of Lee's surrender. In Texas, he first became a cowboy and then a trail boss, leading cattle over the Chisholm and Goodnight-Loving trails. In 1868 he met James B. 'Wild Bill' Hickok in Kansas and then William F. 'Buffalo Bill Cody in Nebraska. Texas Jack and Buffalo Bill became friends, and soon the scout and the cowboy became the subjects of a series of dime novels written by Ned Buntline. Buffalo Bill's best friend, Wild Bill's favorite cowboy, the husband of the most famous ballerina in the world, Texas Jack's life provided the foundation and inspiration behind the cowboys that would follow on stage, in print, and on the silver screen. Fierce foe of the Sioux and stalwart friend of the Pawnee, Texas Jack was the original cowboy in America's 'cowboys and Indians' stories." As new, unread copy without dust jacket, as issued.

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