Add this copy of The Slaughter Ranches & Their Makers to cart. $319.99, like new condition, Sold by Midnight Books, ships from Frederick, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1979 by Jenkins Publishing Company.
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Seller's Description:
Like New. Size: 9x6x1; Collectible first edition, first printing of Mary Whatley Clarke's history of the prominent Slaughter ranches of Texas and more specifically the George Webb Slaughter family. George Webb Slaughter led an adventurous life as an American Baptist minister, cattle breeder and drover, and rancher. Notably, celebrated Texas historian J. Frank Dobie wrote, declaring to the Slaughter name as synonymous with Texas ranching history, "No cowman name especially among cow people has ever been better known as Slaughter." Slaughter also served as a courier to Sam Houston and delivered a message from Houston to William B. Travis at the Battle of the Alamo in 1836. Includes original priced dust jacket in archival Brodart sleeve, bibliography, footnotes and extensive index. Illustrated with historical photographs. Limited printing. 254 pp. 8 3/4" x 5 3/4". Tight, immaculate copy. Extremities crisp. Dust jacket flawless. Noted collector J.E. Warne, Jr. ownership stamps to front free endpaper and half title page. A beautiful copy of an important Texana collectible. Photographs of or additional information about this item are available on request. All inquiries answered promptly.
