The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier by Edgar Beecher Bronson LOVING'S BEND From San Antonio to Fort Griffin, Joe Loving's was a name to conjure with in the middle sixties. His tragic story is still told and retold around camp-fires on the Plains. One of the thriftiest of the pioneer cow-hunters, he was the first to realize that if he would profit by the fruits of his labor he must push out to the north in search of a market for his cattle. The Indian agencies and mining camps of northern New Mexico and Colorado, and the ...
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The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier by Edgar Beecher Bronson LOVING'S BEND From San Antonio to Fort Griffin, Joe Loving's was a name to conjure with in the middle sixties. His tragic story is still told and retold around camp-fires on the Plains. One of the thriftiest of the pioneer cow-hunters, he was the first to realize that if he would profit by the fruits of his labor he must push out to the north in search of a market for his cattle. The Indian agencies and mining camps of northern New Mexico and Colorado, and the Mormon settlements of Utah, were the first markets to attract attention. The problem of reaching them seemed almost hopeless of solution. Immediately to the north of them the country was trackless and practically unknown. The only thing certain about it was that it swarmed with hostile Indians. What were the conditions as to water and grass, two prime essentials to moving herds, no one knew. To be sure, the old overland mail road to El Paso, Chihuahua, and Los Angeles led out west from the head of the Concho to the Pecos; and once on the Pecos, which they knew had its source indefinitely in the north, a practicable route to market should be possible. But the trouble was to reach the Pecos across the ninety intervening miles of waterless plateau called the Llano Estacado, or Staked Plain. This plain was christened by the early Spanish explorers who, looking out across its vast stretches, could note no landmark, and left behind them driven stakes to guide their return. An elevated tableland averaging about one hundred miles wide and extending four hundred miles north and south, it presents, approaching anywhere from the east or the west, an endless line of sharply escarped bluffs from one hundred to two hundred feet high that with their buttresses and re-entrant angles look at a distance like the walls of an enormous fortified town. And indeed it possesses riches well worth fortifying. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
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Good. No Dust Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. (1910) 342 pp. Original red, decorative cloth covers, moderately soiled and rubbed. Spine a bit sunned. Corners bumped. Light foxing to edges of text block. Faint dampstain to bottom corner and outer margin of most leaves, not affecting text. Two tiny tear at bottom margin of page 317, not affecting text. Illust. w/ 19 full-page stirring illustrations. Adams Six Guns 284; Adams Herd 329.
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Good+ No Dust Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. (1910) 342 pp. Original red cloth covers, lightly soiled and rubbed. Corners and spine ends a bit frayed. Previous owner's name on front blank endpaper. Approx. 1 1/4" closed tear at bottom margin of page 21, not affecting text, and neatly repaired. Light foxing throughout. Illust. w/ 19 b/w plates. Adams Six Guns 284. Adams Herd 329.
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Very Good. Very good minus hardcover. Early reprint. Little writing on front endpaper. Pages light brown, clean text. Illustrated in black and white. Corners on cover slightly rubbed and bent. Spine ends rubed. Light soiling to pictorial cover. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
