Author: James H. Cook
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1789123046
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Of all that has been written of the cowboy and the life of the cattle range, very little has been written by the principal actors themselves. The same is equally true of the famous government scouts, mail riders and other adventurous figures, who were men of deeds rather than words. Not many possessed, like David Crockett and W. F. Cody, the power to dramatize themselves. James H. Cook, the author of Fifty Years on the Old Frontier, first published in 1923, was, however, a genuine cowboy, and he was able to recount in a most readable way his adventures over half a century. During the Seventies and part of the Eighties he rode the ranges in Texas and New Mexico. A vivid account is to be found in the first part of the book of the life of the cattlemen in the Southwest, including such details as rounding up entirely wild cattle and horses, and the conveying of droves of animals hundreds of miles through extremely rough, Indian-infested territory. Those who desire thrills can find them here. The author served as government scout in the campaign against Geronimo in 1885, and later, in the North, saw much of the unfortunate troubles with the Sioux and the Cheyennes, whom he showed to have been shamefully misused by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Much space is given to the Sioux chief, Red Cloud, of whom Cook was a champion and faithful friend. Not the least entertaining parts of the book are the narratives of hunts after big game in the Rockies, during the years when Cook was one of the foremost guides and hunters of the regions bordering the one transcontinental railway. An invaluable addition to any Old West collection!
Fifty Years on the Old Frontier
Author: James H. Cook
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1789123046
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Of all that has been written of the cowboy and the life of the cattle range, very little has been written by the principal actors themselves. The same is equally true of the famous government scouts, mail riders and other adventurous figures, who were men of deeds rather than words. Not many possessed, like David Crockett and W. F. Cody, the power to dramatize themselves. James H. Cook, the author of Fifty Years on the Old Frontier, first published in 1923, was, however, a genuine cowboy, and he was able to recount in a most readable way his adventures over half a century. During the Seventies and part of the Eighties he rode the ranges in Texas and New Mexico. A vivid account is to be found in the first part of the book of the life of the cattlemen in the Southwest, including such details as rounding up entirely wild cattle and horses, and the conveying of droves of animals hundreds of miles through extremely rough, Indian-infested territory. Those who desire thrills can find them here. The author served as government scout in the campaign against Geronimo in 1885, and later, in the North, saw much of the unfortunate troubles with the Sioux and the Cheyennes, whom he showed to have been shamefully misused by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Much space is given to the Sioux chief, Red Cloud, of whom Cook was a champion and faithful friend. Not the least entertaining parts of the book are the narratives of hunts after big game in the Rockies, during the years when Cook was one of the foremost guides and hunters of the regions bordering the one transcontinental railway. An invaluable addition to any Old West collection!
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1789123046
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Of all that has been written of the cowboy and the life of the cattle range, very little has been written by the principal actors themselves. The same is equally true of the famous government scouts, mail riders and other adventurous figures, who were men of deeds rather than words. Not many possessed, like David Crockett and W. F. Cody, the power to dramatize themselves. James H. Cook, the author of Fifty Years on the Old Frontier, first published in 1923, was, however, a genuine cowboy, and he was able to recount in a most readable way his adventures over half a century. During the Seventies and part of the Eighties he rode the ranges in Texas and New Mexico. A vivid account is to be found in the first part of the book of the life of the cattlemen in the Southwest, including such details as rounding up entirely wild cattle and horses, and the conveying of droves of animals hundreds of miles through extremely rough, Indian-infested territory. Those who desire thrills can find them here. The author served as government scout in the campaign against Geronimo in 1885, and later, in the North, saw much of the unfortunate troubles with the Sioux and the Cheyennes, whom he showed to have been shamefully misused by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Much space is given to the Sioux chief, Red Cloud, of whom Cook was a champion and faithful friend. Not the least entertaining parts of the book are the narratives of hunts after big game in the Rockies, during the years when Cook was one of the foremost guides and hunters of the regions bordering the one transcontinental railway. An invaluable addition to any Old West collection!
Fifty Years on the Old Frontier
Author: James Henry Cook
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Fifty Years on the Old Frontier as Cowboy, Hunter, Guide, Scout, and Ranchman ...
Author: James Henry Cook
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Fifty Years on the Old Frontier, As Cowboy, Hunter, Guide, Scout, and Ranchman, by James H. Cook. With an Introd. by Charles King
Author: James Henry Cook
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Fifty Years on the Old Frontier as Cowboy, Hunter, Guide, Scout, and Ranchman
Author: James Henry Cook
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806117614
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The keen-eyed, cool-headed, and fearless men (Kit Carson, Jim Bridger, Buffalo Bill Cody, Big Foot Wallace, and Captain Jim Cook, among others) who were pivotal personalities for more than half a century in the almost ceaseless task of clearing the way for and guarding the lives and properties of explorers, emigrants, and settlers in the West, are an extinct type of pioneer, Accounts of the heroic deeds of this handful of men, however, remain today as indelible records that dramatize the melting away of this country’s vast frontiers.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806117614
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The keen-eyed, cool-headed, and fearless men (Kit Carson, Jim Bridger, Buffalo Bill Cody, Big Foot Wallace, and Captain Jim Cook, among others) who were pivotal personalities for more than half a century in the almost ceaseless task of clearing the way for and guarding the lives and properties of explorers, emigrants, and settlers in the West, are an extinct type of pioneer, Accounts of the heroic deeds of this handful of men, however, remain today as indelible records that dramatize the melting away of this country’s vast frontiers.
Fifty Years on the Old Frontier as a Cowboy
Author: James Henry Cook
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Fifty Years on the Old Frontier as Cowboy, Hunter, Guide, Scout, and Ranchman, Etc. [With Plates, Including Portraits.].
Author: James Henry COOK (Cowboy.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Fifty Years on the Old Frontier
Fifty Years on the Frontier
Author: James Henry Cook
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Wondrous Times on the Frontier
Author: Dee Brown
Publisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874836752
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Uses many sources to portray the diversity of the American frontier of the 1800s.
Publisher: august house
ISBN: 9780874836752
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Uses many sources to portray the diversity of the American frontier of the 1800s.