Autho r : Benton, Frank, 1853-1921
Illustrato r : Filleau, E. A.
Title: Cowboy Life on the Sidetrack
Being an Extremely Humo r ous &, Sarcastic Sto r y of the Trials &, Tribulations Endured by a Party of Stockmen Making a Shipment fr om the West to the East.
Contents: The start -- Chuckwagon's dream -- Grazing the sheep -- Letters fr om home brought by immigrants -- Eatumup Jake's life sto r y -- The schoolmarm's saddle ho r se -- Selling cattle on the range -- True snake sto r ies -- Chuckwagon's death -- Disappearance of the sheepmen -- Our arrival in Cheyenne -- The post-hole digger's ghost -- Grafting -- The file -- The cattle stampede -- Catching a maverick -- Stealing Crazy Head's war ponies -- The cattle queen's ghost -- Packsaddle Jack's death -- A cowboy Enoch Arden -- Gra nd Isla nd -- Sarer -- Arrival at South Omaha transfer -- The final roundup.
Language: English
LoC Class: F590.3: United States local histo r y: The West. Trans-Mississippi Region. Great Plains
LoC Class: PS: Language a nd Literatures: American a nd Canadian literature
Subject: Benton, Frank, 1853-1921 -- Anecdotes
Subject: Cowboys -- West (U.S.) -- Anecdotes
Subject: Cattle trade -- West (U.S.) -- Anecdotes
Subject: Frontier a nd pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- Anecdotes
Subject: West (U.S.) -- Social life a nd customs -- Anecdotes
Release Date: May 24, 2012
Copyright Status: Public domain in the USA.
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