Trailing The Cowboy, His Life And Lore As Told By Frontier Journalists

CLIFFORD P. WESTERMEIER

Publication: The Caxton Printers, 1955, Caldwell

First edition. Cloth, 414pp., illus., index. The range cattle industry began shortly after the Civil War as cowboys began to drive longhorn cattle northward to the railroad centers and other northern markets. Frontier journalists were quick to recognize and record this important emerging phase of the development of the West. Includes the daily realities of cattle drives, cowboy customs and dress, camp life and trail food, encounters with Native Americans and outlaws, rodeos and the rise of the cowboy as a popular cultural symbol, etc. This work is an excellent, well-researched compilation of the writings of those frontier journalists. An exceptionally fine, bright copy in dust jacket with very slight rubbing to base of spine.