Incredible Cowboy Stories: Amazing Tales of Western Danger and Derring-Do

by Veronica Alvarado (Editor)

Overview

The fires of America's fascination with the Wild West are stoked in this new compilation of the best and most exciting cowboy stories out there. Sit around a campfire and indulge in stories that flesh out the America that they knew intimately. For some of these writers, the West was a place of dreams, for others, of nightmares, but for us, they represent the freedom and delight of a lawless land.
Boasting a diverse set of authors and perspectives, this collection of stories ensures every reader will get a nuanced and full sense of what the life of a cowboy was like. Authors include:

Mark Twain

Zane Gray

William MacLeod Raine

Theodore Roosevelt

Max Brand

Andy Adams

Tom Horne

Charles Mulford

And more!
Incredible Cowboy Stories, brought to life by more than three dozen color illustrations, is a must have for anyone who has ever dreamt of the hot deserts of Texas, the frigid cold of the Rocky Mountain peaks, or the wide and wild range of the old West.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781510732223
Publisher:	Skyhorse
Publication date:	08/07/2018
Pages:	216
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Veronica Alvarado is a book editor and avid armchair adventurer. She lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Introduction vii

Part 1 Cowboys as Writers 2

Chapter 1 My First Lesson in Cow Punching Charles Siringo 4

Chapter 2 A Moonlight Drive Andy Adams 12

Chapter 3 Cattle Detective Tom Horn 27

Chapter 4 Some Prank Bob Kennon 40

Part 2 Cowboy Chroniclers 50

Chapter 5 The Cowboy Emerson Hough 52

Chapter 6 The Kid Walter Noble Burns 64

Chapter 7 Hopalong Nurses a Grouch Clarence E. Mulford 81

Chapter 8 Dodge William MacLeod Raine 100

Part 3 Classic Authors 120

Chapter 9 The Quest Begins Max Brand 122

Chapter 10 The Roundup Theodore Roosevelt 153

Chapter 11 A Mexican Plug Mark Twain 182

Chapter 12 On the Trail Zane Gray 189