Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1970]. 278 pages, plus plates reproducing historic photographs. Original cloth. [23.5 cm.] A fine copy in very good plus dust jacket. Jacket shows light rubbing to spine panel, slight bumps to ends of spine panel, and soiling to rear panel. FIRST EDITION. A first-person account of ranch life on the "Staked Plains," the vast tablelands of eastern New Mexico and the Texas Panhandle. The author moved to the Llano Estacado in 1887. His wrote extensively about his experiences as a cowboy in newspapers and periodicals under the pen name, "Ol' Waddy.

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Bookseller: Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000091
Title: COWBOY LIFE ON THE LLANO ESTACADO
Author: Whitlock, V[ivian] H. (Ol' Waddy)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Place of Publication: Norman
Date Published: [1970]
Keywords: western cattle
Bookseller catalogs: GREAT PLAINS; WESTERN; TEXAS;

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An online shop focusing on Americana, particularly books pertaining to the South, and offering rare, scholarly, and antique books on a variety of other subjects. Proprietor David J. Eilenberger worked for over five years at respected firms in the A.B.A.A. before establishing the company in 2010. In addition to books, we are interested in acquiring broadsides, ephemera, 19th-century photographs, and manuscripts. Member Independent Online Booksellers Association since 2017.

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