Why the Chisholm Trail Forks

Adams, Andy

Published by University of Texas, Austin, 1956

About this Item

SUBTITLED : ` and other Tales of the Cattle Country '. Wilson M. Hudson acted as editor for these 296 pages. Front flap note states that many of these tales were found, UNpublished, among Adams' paper. LEARN more about : Shot-a-Buck Crossing. Also : Concho River, skirmish line, chestnut geldung, saddle blanket, squaw hitch, San Saba, and Gee Gee Cederdall. Malcolm Thurgood provides (decorative) b/w drawings. Cond : Boards are sandy yellow with black lettering and graphics. White end-papers. D.J. is butterscotch yellow with white lettering. Cover art shows a half-dozen cowbiys gathered around a late night campfire. Volume is clean and square and bright. No nmaes nor marks. Price-clipped d.j. has minor edge wear. Both spines decent. Decidedly collectible ! ! QUote (p. 35) : " ` But when we were nearing San Antonio, we overtook a number of wagons loaded with wool, lying over, as it was Sunday, and there among their horses and mules was our Mexican's missing horse. The owner of the wagons explained how ._._._. . " Size: Octavo. Seller Inventory # 016012

Bibliographic Details

Title: Why the Chisholm Trail Forks

Publisher: University of Texas, Austin

Publication Date: 1956

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: B/W Drawings

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good ++

Edition: First Edition.