Product Description

This novel about a five-month drive of 3,000 cattle from Texas to Montana is firmly based on experience, and is considered to be the best account of cowboy life in literature

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1715617 in Books
• Published on: 2006-08
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .41" h x 6.00" w x 9.00" l, .60 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 180 pages

From AudioFile
This story of a real cowboy's life in the late nineteenth century includes long, dusty cattle drives, stampedes, river crossings and Indian attacks. The characters who people the "Wild West" are interesting and vividly described. However, Murphey is not an inspired reader. He has a pleasant voice but fails to add drama or intensity with pacing or even changing volume. This work is not very suitable for audio as it is not action packed nor is there much dialogue. The abridgment is also short and not engrossing. Though billed as a "classic Western," this presentation will only appeal to real Western aficionados. S.C.A. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Ingram
At the age of 16, Andy Adams left his home in the San Antonio valley and took to the range to be a cowboy. By the time he was 23, there was no better cowboy in the county. Adams tells of the real cowboy life in the 19th century--dusty cattle drives, brandings, river crossings, and meetings with Blackfoot, Oglala, and Platte Indian tribes. Cattle country is brought vividly to life in this narrative. 2 cassettes.