Cowboy Hugh: The Odyssey of a Boy by Nichols, Walter H. Joe De Yong (illustrator) - 1927

New York: Macmillan, 1927. First Edition. 8vo. 284 pp. Illustrated by Joe De Yong. Green cloth in illustrated dustjacket. A fine copy in very good dustjacket (corners clipped but price intact; gift inscription; wear to extremities; fading and spotting to spine). Uncommon in dustjacket. A wild West story that is "different". How Hugh got tied up with a wild gang and how at last he escaped them. The author was the widely known and loved principal of the palo Alto High School. The illustrator, Joe De Yong (1894-1975), was an American sculptor, etcher, and historical consultant for Western movies. His sculptures and etchings depicted the Old West, including Native Americans and cowboys, as well as polo players. In his career, Joe worked with the Western actor, Tom Mix, and was a protege of one of the great Western artists, Charles M. Russell.