The West of The Texas Kid, 1881-1910: Recollections of Thomas Edgar Crawford, Cowboy, Gun Fighter, Rancher, Hunter, Miner: 20 (The Western Frontier Library Series) - Softcover

Thomas Edgar Crawford (author) & J. C. Dykes (editor)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806111178 ISBN 13: 9780806111179

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, 1973

Synopsis

Not long before his death in 1941, cowboy, rancher, and sometime outlaw Thomas Edgar Crawford dictated recollections of his life in the West from 1881 to 1910. Crawford teamed up with such notorious characters as Black Jack Ketchum and Henry Starr, and after taking up ranching in Montana, he tried his hand at gold mining in California. His story constitutes an amazing record of Wyoming’s Hole-in-the-Wall outlaws—though Crawford was reluctant to reveal his involvement in their affairs. He loved to hunt, and some of his best tales concern adventures in search of game.

            The West of the Texas Kid, one man’s account of the West as he knew it, preserves the lore and legends of the Old West for all.

About this title

Review:

"The narrative has a breezy pace and the flavor of the times." -- Montana: The Magazine of Western History "Influenced by sensational books about the West, [Thomas Edgar Crawford] ran away at fourteen. During the next sixteen years he worked as an itinerant cowboy in Kansas, Texas, and Arizona, associated with outlaws in Wyoming, ranched in Montana, and mined in Death Valley. . . . Crawford's recollections are worth preserving." --Journal of American Folklore

About the Author:

J.C. Dykes wrote extensively on the West and is the author of Billy the Kid: The Bibliography of a Legend and coauthor of King Fisher: His Life and Times.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Publication date: 1973
• ISBN 10: 0806111178
• ISBN 13: 9780806111179
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224