The Western. The Greatest Texas Cattle Trail 1874-1886. Tales And True Accounts About Cowboys, Cattle, Saloons, And Watering Holes On The Trail North As Related By Cowboys And Homesteaders

GARY AND MARGARET KRAISINGER

Publication: Mennonite Press, Inc, 2004, Newton, Kansas

First edition. 4to. Signed by the authors on the title page. Brown cloth, embossed design on front cover and titles on spine stamped in gilt, front and rear endpapers decorated with steer skulls, xviii, 373 pp., foreword, focus of the study, introduction, illustrated from photographs and drawings, maps, appendixes and other related material, appreciation, bibliography, list of maps index.

This comprehensive history of the Western trail consists of the several trails that were used in the Texas cattleman's endeavor to deliver their cattle to a paying buyer, but two specific trails carried the major load of stock, the Eastern/Chisholm Trail and the Western Cattle Trail. The story includes hardships, Indian scares, killings, and humorous episodes, using the words of the settlers and the cowboys themselves.

Fine in dust jacket with light wear to the foot of spine and bottom front page extremity. Note: [Not to be confused with "The Western Cattle Trail 1874-1897. Its Rise, Collapse, and Revival." published in 2014].