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A Texas Cowboy: or, Fifteen Years on the Hurricane Deck of a Spanish Pony (Penguin...
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A Texas Cowboy: or, Fifteen Years on the Hurricane Deck of a Spanish Pony (Penguin...
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by Charles A. Siringo and Richard Etulain
Sales Rank : 520995
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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Penguin Classics December 5, 2000
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0140437517
ISBN-13: 978-0140437515
Product Dimensions:
7.8 x 6.3 x 0.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 5.3 ounces
Product Description
After a nomadic childhood, Charles Siringo signed on as a teenage cowboy for the noted Texas cattle king, Shanghai Pierce, and began a life that embraced all the hard work, excitement, and adventure readers today associate with the cowboy era. He "rid the Chisholm trail," driving 2,500 heads of cattle from Austin to Kansas; knew Tascosa--now a historic monument--when it was home to raucous saloons, red light districts, and a fair share of violence; and led a posse of cowboys in pursuit of Billy the Kid and his gang.
First published in 1885, Siringo's chronicle of his life as a itchy-footed boy, cowhand, range detective, and adventurer was one the first classics about the Old West and helped to romanticize the West and its myth of the American cowboy. Will Rogers declared, "That was the Cowboy's Bible when I was growing up."
About The Author
Charles A. Siringo (1855-1928) was born in Matagorda County, Texas. His books include Lone Star Cowboy, History of "Billy the Kid," and Riata and Spurs. He worked as a film advisor and died in Hollywood in 1928.
Richard Etulain teaches at the University of New Mexico's Center for the American West. One of our leading cultural historians of the West, his books include Telling Western Stories: From Buffalo Bill to Larry McMurtry.
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