Western Words: A Dictionary Of The Range, Cow Camp And Trail

RAMON F ADAMS

Publication: University of Oklahoma Press, 1944, Norman

First edition, 8vo. Inscribed, signed and dated in the year of publication "To -- a personal friend & fellow book lover. May this little volume add some value to your splendid collection of Americana. Sincerely, Ramon F. Adams, Dallas, Texas, Nov. 27, 1944."

Beige cloth, xiv, 182 pp. Herd 14 says, "The first and only dictionary of the speech of the cattle country." The author spent 25 years gathering information for this book. Few western scholars have approached Ramon F. Adams in his mastery of authentic western experience and the language in which it was recorded. Fine, in a lightly rubbed dust jacket. lightly sunned on the spine with trivial wear to the extremities.