The Life of a Cowboy: Complete 5 Book Collection

The Life of a Cowboy: Complete 5 Book Collection
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"The Log of a Cowboy" is an account of a five-month drive of 3,000 cattle from Brownsville, Texas, to Montana during 1882 along the Great Western Cattle Trail. Although the book is fiction, it is based on Adams's own experiences, and it is considered by many to be literature's best account of cowboy life. Adams was disgusted by the unrealistic cowboy fiction being published in his time; The Log of a Cowboy was his response. The Chicago Herald has said: «As a narrative of cowboy life, Andy Adams' book is clearly the real thing. It carries its own certificate of authentic first-hand experience on every page.» This edition also includes Adams other famous western novels like The Outlet, A Texas Matchmaker, Reed Anthony, Cowman and The Wells Brothers. Andy Adams (1859–1935) was an American writer of western fiction and was born in Indiana. Since childhood Andy used to help his parents with the cattle and horses on the family farm. Due to this Andy's works have been lauded widely for his first hand and authentic portrayal of the life of a cowboy unlike his contemporaries like Owen Wister who romanticized it.

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Andy Adams. The Life of a Cowboy: Complete 5 Book Collection

The Life of a Cowboy: Complete 5 Book Collection

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The Log of a Cowboy: A Narrative of the Old Trail Days

CHAPTER I. UP THE TRAIL

CHAPTER II. RECEIVING

CHAPTER III. THE START

CHAPTER IV. THE ATASCOSA

CHAPTER V. A DRY DRIVE

CHAPTER VI. A REMINISCENT NIGHT

CHAPTER VII. THE COLORADO

CHAPTER VIII. ON THE BRAZOS AND WICHITA

CHAPTER IX. DOAN'S CROSSING

CHAPTER X "NO MAN'S LAND"

CHAPTER XI. A BOGGY FORD

CHAPTER XII. THE NORTH FORK

CHAPTER XIII. DODGE

CHAPTER XIV. SLAUGHTER'S BRIDGE

CHAPTER XV. THE BEAVER

CHAPTER XVI. THE REPUBLICAN

CHAPTER XVII. OGALALLA

CHAPTER XVIII. THE NORTH PLATTE

CHAPTER XIX. FORTY ISLANDS FORD

CHAPTER XX. A MOONLIGHT DRIVE

CHAPTER XXI. THE YELLOWSTONE

CHAPTER XXII. OUR LAST CAMP-FIRE

CHAPTER XXIII. DELIVERY

CHAPTER XXIV. BACK TO TEXAS

A Texas Matchmaker

CHAPTER I. LANCE LOVELACE

CHAPTER II. SHEPHERD'S FERRY

CHAPTER III. LAS PALOMAS

CHAPTER IV. CHRISTMAS

CHAPTER V. A PIGEON HUNT

CHAPTER VI. SPRING OF '76

CHAPTER VII. SAN JACINTO DAY

CHAPTER VIII. A CAT HUNT ON THE FRIO

CHAPTER IX. THE ROSE AND ITS THORN

CHAPTER X. AFTERMATH

CHAPTER XI. A TURKEY BAKE

CHAPTER XII. SUMMER OF '77

CHAPTER XIII. HIDE HUNTING

CHAPTER XIV. A TWO YEARS' DROUTH

CHAPTER XV. IN COMMEMORATION

CHAPTER XVI. MATCHMAKING

CHAPTER XVII. WINTER AT LAS PALOMAS

CHAPTER XVIII. AN INDIAN SCARE

CHAPTER XIX. HORSE BRANDS

CHAPTER XX. SHADOWS

CHAPTER XXI. INTERLOCUTORY PROCEEDINGS

CHAPTER XXII. SUNSET

The Outlet

PREFACE

CHAPTER I. OPENING THE CAMPAIGN

CHAPTER II. ORGANIZING THE FORCES

CHAPTER III. RECEIVING AT LOS LOBOS

CHAPTER IV. MINGLING WITH THE EXODUS

CHAPTER V. RED RIVER STATION

CHAPTER VI. CAMP SUPPLY

CHAPTER VII. WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK

CHAPTER VIII. EN PASSANT

CHAPTER IX. AT SHERIFF'S CREEK

CHAPTER X. A FAMILY REUNION

CHAPTER XI. ALL IN THE DAY'S WORK

CHAPTER XII. MARSHALING THE FORCES

CHAPTER XIII. JUSTICE IN THE SADDLE

CHAPTER XIV. TURNING THE TABLES

CHAPTER XV. TOLLESTON BUTTS IN

CHAPTER XVI. CROSSING THE NIOBRARA

CHAPTER XVII. WATER-BOUND

CHAPTER XVIII. THE LITTLE MISSOURI

CHAPTER XIX. IN QUARANTINE

CHAPTER XX. ON THE JUST AND THE UNJUST

CHAPTER XXI. FORT BUFORD

CHAPTER XXII. A SOLDIER'S HONOR

CHAPTER XXIII. KANGAROOED

CHAPTER XXIV. THE WINTER OF OUR DISCONTENT

Reed Anthony, Cowman: An Autobiography

CHAPTER I. IN RETROSPECT

CHAPTER II. MY APPRENTICESHIP

CHAPTER III. A SECOND TRIP TO FORT SUMNER

CHAPTER IV. A FATAL TRIP

CHAPTER V. SUMMER OF '68

CHAPTER VI. SOWING WILD OATS

CHAPTER VII "THE ANGEL"

CHAPTER VIII. THE "LAZY L"

CHAPTER IX. THE SCHOOL OF EXPERIENCE

CHAPTER X. THE PANIC OF '73

CHAPTER XI. A PROSPEROUS YEAR

CHAPTER XII. CLEAR FORK AND SHENANDOAH

CHAPTER XIII. THE CENTENNIAL YEAR

CHAPTER XIV. ESTABLISHING A NEW RANCH

CHAPTER XV. HARVEST HOME

CHAPTER XVI. AN ACTIVE SUMMER

CHAPTER XVII. FORESHADOWS

CHAPTER XVIII. THE BEGINNING OF THE BOOM

CHAPTER XIX. THE CHEYENNE AND ARAPAHOE CATTLE COMPANY

CHAPTER XX. HOLDING THE FORT

CHAPTER XXI. THE FRUITS OF CONSPIRACY

CHAPTER XXII. IN CONCLUSION

The Wells Brothers: The Young Cattle Kings

CHAPTER I. WAIFS OF THE PLAIN

CHAPTER II. THE HOSPITAL ON THE BEAVER

CHAPTER III. THE BOTTOM RUNG

CHAPTER IV. THE BROTHERS CLAIM A RANGE

CHAPTER V. A FALL OF CRUMBS

CHAPTER VI. SUNSHINE AND SHADOW

CHAPTER VII. ALL IN THE DAY'S WORK

CHAPTER VIII. THE LINES OF INTRENCHMENT

CHAPTER IX. A WINTRY CRUCIBLE

CHAPTER X. GOOD FIGHTING

CHAPTER XI. HOLDING THE FORT

CHAPTER XII. A WINTER DRIFT

CHAPTER XIII. A WELCOME GUEST

CHAPTER XIV. AN ILL WIND

CHAPTER XV. WATER! WATER!

CHAPTER XVI. A PROTECTED CREDIT

CHAPTER XVII "THE WAGON"

CHAPTER XVIII. AN OPEN WINTER

CHAPTER XIX. AN INDIAN SCARE

CHAPTER XX. HARVEST ON THE RANGE

CHAPTER XXI. LIVING IN THE SADDLE

CHAPTER XXII. INDEPENDENCE

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Andy Adams

The Log of a Cowboy: A Narrative of the Old Trail Days

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We were sleeping a nine knot gale when Fox Quarternight of the second guard called us on our watch. It was a clear, starry night, and our guard soon passed, the cattle sleeping like tired soldiers. When the last relief came on guard and we had returned to our blankets, I remember Priest telling me this little incident as I fell asleep.

Finally the game ended. A general yawn went the round of the loungers about the fire. The second guard had gone on, and when the first rode in, Joe Stallings, halting his horse in passing the fire, called out sociably, "That muley steer, the white four year old, didn't like to bed down amongst the others, so I let him come out and lay down by himself. You'll find him over on the far side of the herd. You all remember how wild he was when we first started? Well, you can ride within three feet of him to-night, and he'll grunt and act sociable and never offer to get up. I promised him that he might sleep alone as long as he was good; I just love a good steer. Make down our bed, pardner; I'll be back as soon as I picket my horse."

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