These are the recollections of Laban Samuel Records, the youngest of 12 children, who, with his family, moved from Indiana to Kansas. Laban became a freighter on the Santa Fe trail and a cowpuncher in the Dodge City stockyards, as well as a line rider for the T-5 and Spade ranches.
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Laban tells stories of everyday cowboy life as he lived it in southern Kansas and Oklahoma in the late 19th century, punctuated by firsthand accounts of Indian raids, bank robberies, and shootouts, and writes evocatively of the open range. Includes b&w photos and maps. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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