A Texas Cowboy (Classics of the Old West) Tapa dura - 1981

Time Life Education, 1980-01-01. Leather Bound. Very Good. Leather Bound, reprint of 1885 edition. Gilt spine worn off, other gilt front and page edges fine. Clean tight and square with ribbon page mark. Prompt shipping from Colorado USPS. Choose Expedited/Priority 2-6 days.~ "Buy with Confidence, Satisfaction Guaranteed!

Time Life Education, 1980-01-01. Leather Bound. Good. repaired binding. Looks nice. Priority Mail is available on this item. No international shipping.

Time Life Education. A facsimile of the original 1885 edition. Fancy padded leather with gilt titles and embossed decorations and satin bookmark bound in with marbled end papers. All edges gilt. Illustrated. Near fine condition but has the publisher's Classics bookplate pasted inside with a previous owner's name on it - all else fine. Also include the original letter-sheet by the editors on this title adding a little background and other information. . Near Fine. Hardcover. 1980.

Time Life Books. Very Good. 1980. Hardcover. 0809435675 . Time Life 1980 edition. Reprinted from the 1885 original. Faux or bonded leather cover, no jacket as issued. Interior pages clean & tight except for two light address stamps inside both covers. Page 85 has a large chip from the corner & text is missing from the bottom corner. Cover has light edge & corner wear, gilt lettering, ribbon marker. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; "First published in 1885, Siringo's chronicle of his life as a itchy-footed boy, cowhand, range detective, and adventurer was one the first classics about the Old West and helped to romanticize the West and its myth of the American cowboy. Will Rogers declared, "That was the Cowboy's Bible when I was growing up. " .

BRAND NEW- LEATHER BOUND-COLLECTABLE!" What sets his memoir apart is his candid account of the personality, habits, and values that brought him to the range. His difficult, dirt-poor childhood, his free-spending ways, his driving wanderlust, his love of whiskey, guns, horses, and star-topped boots, his distinctly situational ethics, his aversion to manual labor and equal aversion to education compose a package that belongs on the back of the horse.-Siringo tells a great story, and he does it without any of the obvious embellishment that characterizes the memoirs of some of his contemporaries. He is too open about his own flaws and failings for the words to be anything other than the truth. And his candor is perfectly complemented by a wry wit that spices his stories perfectly. Tales of the Chisholm Trail and of Billy the Kid are highlights of the book, In all, his story is so full of excitement that something as remarkable as the Indianola Hurricane of 1875 receives little attention even though… Leer más

leather_bound. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.