Cowmans Southwest - Being Reminiscences of Oliver Nelson - Freighter, Camp Cook, Cowboy, Frontiersman in Kansas, Indian Territory, Texas and Oklahoma, 1878-1893
by [Nelson, Oliver]; Angie Debo (editor)
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About This Item
Glendale, The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1953. First Edition. Western Frontiersman Series, IV. Large 8vo 9 -10 tall. 343pp. Hardcover. Very Good. Red cloth; top edge dyed pink, other edges untrimmed; sepia toned illustrations. Boards have light soiling and shelfwear; gilt lettering on spine is faded; page 341/342 has a 1 piece missing in the margin. From Clark/Brunet: Adams felt this was one of the most important books on western outlaws and lawmen. The book contains intimate details of the day to day life of the western cow-hand. It has the good fortune of being edited by one of the Wests outstanding scholars. Clark/Brunet 164. .
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- Back of Beyond Books (US)
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- Cowman’s Southwest - Being Reminiscences of Oliver Nelson - Freighter, Camp Cook, Cowboy, Frontiersman in Kansas, Indian Territory, Texas and Oklahoma, 1878-1893
- Author
- [Nelson, Oliver]; Angie Debo (editor)
- Book Condition
- Used
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- Hardcover
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Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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