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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Seller: -OnTimeBooks-, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.
Condition: very_good. Gently read. May have name of previous ownership, or ex-library edition. Binding tight; spine straight and smooth, with no creasing; covers clean and crisp. Minimal signs of handling or shelving. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships USPS Media Mail. Seller Inventory # OTV.0806126949.VG
Seller: Pine Cone Books, Del Norte, CO, U.S.A.
Trade Paperback. Condition: V. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dj. near new cond, clean. true stories from the memory of a man who lived it. wonderful pictures and maps. By Editor. Seller Inventory # 008944
Seller: Old West Books (ABAA), St. Robert, MO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 370 pages, maps, illustrations. Records was a freighter on the Santa Fe Trail, a cowpuncher in the Dodge City stockyards, escaped the Dull Knife raid in 1878, and staked a claim in the Cheyenne-Arapaho Run. Seller Inventory # 1991
Seller: Old West Books (ABAA), St. Robert, MO, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. 370 pages, maps, illustrations. Records was a freighter on the Santa Fe Trail, a cowpuncher in the Dodge City stockyards, escaped the Dull Knife raid in 1878, and staked a claim in the Cheyenne-Arapaho Run. Seller Inventory # 018292
Seller: Ebeth & Abayjay Books, Lima, OH, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. Though I've listed this as an ex-library copy, the book appears to have been donated to a library which decided not to keep it, stamped discarded on the front loose endpage, and sold it in a library sale. It is a book on the "Recollections of Laban S. Records" that were compiled and edited by Ellen Jayne Wheeler, who has signed the book with a "Howdy from Oklahoma!" on the title page. Apparently the book was also a gift from one person to another as there's a "To Karin" notation/message on the page right before the title page. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 002494
Seller: K. L. Givens Books, Bella Vista, AR, U.S.A.
Hardback. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Hardback bound in cloth-covered boards with red title on the spine. No defects to note on the book or the dust jacket. Book is INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY EDITOR EllenJayne on the first end to former owner. Illustrated with black and white photos. At age of 15 in 1871 Laban Records relocated with the family from Indiana to Kansas. About 66 years later he recorded his experiences in pencil on a tablet. This was edjted and published in 1995. 370 pages including the Index. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Inscribed by Editor. Book. Seller Inventory # 018606
Seller: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Inscribed by Wheeler. Drawing of cowboy on horse by jacket artist Jack Wells on half-title page. Seller Inventory # 114845
Seller: Chris Fessler, Bookseller, Howell, MI, U.S.A.
offwhite full cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings (except for editor's inscription). dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped (no price listed). nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (#1 in # line). SIGNED with an inscription ("To Jack") by the editor "Ellen Jayne Wheeler" (Records' grand~daughter). xx+370p. 20 b&w illustrations. 5 maps. notes. bibliography. index. biography. autobiography. memoirs. american history. history of oklahoma. santa fe trail. american indian history. ~ "At age fifteen, Laban Samuel Records (1856~1940), the youngest of twelve children, moved west with his family from Indiana to Kansas. About sixty~six years later, writing in pencil on Big Chief tablets, he remembered this move and his other western experiences through the year 1892, when he settled with his wife and children on the claim he had staked in the Cheyenne~Arapaho Run. In the intervening years, Laban was a freighter with his brother on the Santa Fe Trail and a cowpuncher in the Dodge City stockyards. He first encountered Indians on the banks of the Verdigris River in southern Kansas, learned the Osage language, and became an agency cook at Pawhuska. Later he worked in the Cherokee Outlet as a line rider for the T~5 and Spade ranches, eventually becoming a foreman. Because of Laban's firsthand knowledge of people and events, his account adds a new perspective to several infamous episodes. For example, he barely escaped the raid by Dull Knife and other Cheyenne warriors in 1878, and he knew the participants in the Medicine Lodge bank robbery, the Talbot raid at Caldwell, and the Potts~Franklin shootout on the T~5 Ranch. In addition, Laban recounted many affectionate and often humorous stories about Outlet ranchers such as Maj. Andrew Drumm, Outlet cowpunchers such as Charlie Siringo, Texas trail drivers such as "Shanghai" Pierce, and western writers such as Thomas McNeal of the Medicine Lodge Cresset, Scott Cummings (the "Pilgrim Bard"), and Pawnee Bill. But perhaps most memorable are Laban's stories of everyday cowboy life: herding cattle with his dog Shep, riding his favorite horses, and surviving the rigors encountered by everyone on the western range ~ tornadoes, rattlesnakes, cold and snow, outlaws, and hard work. Laban concludes, "The great open range that I knew so well, worked on so hard, and loved so much . [has] vanished, as have the signs of the old cow trail." Perhaps so, but thanks to Ellen Jayne Maris Wheeler's organization of these stories, and to Laban's colorful and entertaining writing, the readers of Cherokee Outlet Cowboy can still ride that range and see that old cow trail for themselves. Seller Inventory # 7182204
Seller: David H. Gerber Books (gerberbooks), Austin, TX, U.S.A.
Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. B&w illustrations (illustrator). Second Printing. xx, 370pp ---- Inscribed and signed by the editor on title page; signed by Jack J. Wells, along with pen & ink drawing of a horse's head, on half-title ---- Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Inscribed and signed. Seller Inventory # 017158
Seller: SHIMEDIA, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
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