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The Log of a Cowboy: A Narrative of the Old Trail Days (Bison Book S) (edició 1964)

de Andy Adams (Autor)

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Andy Adams' most popular novel, The Log of a Cowboy: A Narrative of the Old Trail Days, is a painstaking recreation of Adams' own experiences on long cattle drives. Legend has it that the long-time cowboy was disgusted with the overly romanticized Westerns that began appearing on bookstore shelves in the late 1800s and decided to set the record straight with his own account. Scholars and fans agree that the gritty realism of The Log of a Cowboy is second to none.

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Títol:The Log of a Cowboy: A Narrative of the Old Trail Days (Bison Book S)
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Informació:University of Nebraska Press (1964), Edition: Later Printing, 397 pages
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Good book! It's hard to keep in mind that this is actually a novel, because it all sounds so factual and real. But THE LOG OF A COWBOY is fiction, if barely. Because Andy Adams's youthful narrator, Tom Quirk, is a thinly veiled version of his younger self, who did indeed make the 2,500 mile trail drive with over a thousand head of cattle from the Mexican border to the top of Montana that is depicted here. The drive took over five months, from April through August in the year 1882. The descriptions herein - of stampedes, encounters with rustlers and bears, fording streams and dangerous, even fatal, river crossings, saloon shootouts and more. The mission of getting the herd to its destination remains paramount, but campfire stories, night herding, and caring for the remuda of 140 horses and mules all figure into this ultra real narrative of one of the longest cattle drives of its time.

The book was first published in 1903, and I don't think it's ever been out of print. That's how GOOD it is. Multiple editions over 120 years is quite a run. My copy is a 2000 edition with a new Introduction by Thomas McGuane, a well-regarded Michigan writer who moved to Montana (Livingston) decades ago and has reinvented himself as a cowboy who specializes in cutting horses. His book, SOME HORSES, is itself a modern classic - and a hoot too.
I thoroughly enjoyed this ol' tome. Andy Adams (1859-1935) is long gone, but his stories live on. Very highly recommended.

- Tim Bazzett, author of the memoir, BOOKLOVER ( )
  TimBazzett | Feb 8, 2024 |
I'm going to finally mark this as read even though I haven't gotten to the last bit. I started reading this aloud to my daughters. My oldest was very interested in the life on the trail, cattle wrangling, etc. It's the best cowboy era book I've read (or very nearly finished). ( )
  Je9 | Aug 10, 2021 |
The story of a cattle drive. Very authentic. ( )
  pgabj | Apr 23, 2021 |
Well-written account of a cattle drive from Texas to Montana in the year 1882. For the first time I understood what cowboys actually did in addition to strumming guitars and blasting away with their six-shooters - though they do some of that too. ( )
  ChrisNewton | Mar 18, 2016 |
author's account of his first trail drive, fascinating details of cowboy's life firsthand
  Amante | Oct 2, 2014 |
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"Our cattle also shall go with us." -Exodus iv, 26.
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To the cowmen and boys of the Old Western Trail, these pages are gratefully dedicated.
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Just why my father moved, at the close of the Civil War, from Georgia to Texas, is to this good hour a mystery to me.
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Andy Adams' most popular novel, The Log of a Cowboy: A Narrative of the Old Trail Days, is a painstaking recreation of Adams' own experiences on long cattle drives. Legend has it that the long-time cowboy was disgusted with the overly romanticized Westerns that began appearing on bookstore shelves in the late 1800s and decided to set the record straight with his own account. Scholars and fans agree that the gritty realism of The Log of a Cowboy is second to none.

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