Kupper Winifred Ed (3 results)
Language: English
Published by Univ of Texas, 1951
- Hardcover
Seller: GuthrieBooks, Spring Branch, TX, U.S.A.GuthrieBooks
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. B000GR7V9A Hardcover. Good, no dust jacket. Evident wear. May contain name, gift inscription or moderate underlining. General Used condition.
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by University of Texas Press, Austin TX, 1951
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Whitledge Books, Austin, TX, U.S.A.Whitledge Books
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. TEXAS SHEEPMAN: THE REMINISCENCES OF ROBERT MAUDSLAY, edited by Winifred Kupper, illustrated by Hilda Wilcox Phelps, hardcover with a dust jacket (not price-clipped), 1st edition per custom of publisher, 1951. BOOK CONDITION: good. The text block is in fine co…ndition with no dog-ears, tears, or marks. The pages are age-toned as are the endpapers. Foxing on top and fore edge. There is no bookplate nor signature of a prior owner. This is not a library book nor a remainder. The gray-green cloth boards are in good condition (some minor spotting on front cover; some thin black stripes left by Bro-Dart dust jacket covering; edge-wear). The dust jacket (encased in clear plastic Bro-Dart covering) is in fair condition (a few tears and edge chipping, edge crinkling, faded spine). 9 ½ x 6 ½, 138 pages, 17 ounces. NOTE THAT SINCE THE BOOK WEIGHS OVER ONE POUND, THERE MAY BE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGES IF YOU REQUIRE PRIORITY MAIL OR LIVE OUTSIDE THE U.S. XX [From the dust jacket] Robert Maudslay was a young Englishman who carne to the high hills of West Texas in 1880 to seek his fortune. The fortune eluded him but he found instead a full and interesting life which, as he expressed it, "seemed to be inexorably tied up with sheep." Between his seventy-fifth and eightieth years, goaded by his nieces who had always been fascinated by his tales of the sheep trails of the past, Robert Maudslay preserved his memories in a series of letters addressed to one of his nieces, Amy Thalmann (Mrs. Frank M. Jones). The result was what J. Frank Dobie, noted writer of the Southwest, has described as "one of the most interesting and literate frontier narratives I have ever read," high tribute indeed from a Texas cowman! The high, dry lands of West Texas were especially well fitted for the raising of sheep, and the Spanish merino had already been successfully introduced long before Robert Maudslay arrived on the scene. He never became an important sheepman, but his experiences were typical for most sheepmen of his day and he wrote of them vividly, objectively, and with a sparkling touch of humor. In Robert Maudslay's narrative breathes the spirit of the true frontier, the grandeur of the limitless West. The reader lives with him through the commonplace hardships of the range which so seldom find expression in literature — the burning heat of the desert sun, the bitter cold of the blizzard, the incredible loneliness and isolation of the sheepman's life, the drives which sometimes extended over a quarter of the continent and tried the souls and bodies of the sheepmen to the breaking point. Robert Maudslay's story was edited for publication by another niece, Winifred Kupper, who accomplished the task with the assistance of the author himself prior to his death. TEXAS SHEEPMAN is a beautiful book, illustrated with photographs and six unusual drawings by Hilda Wilcox Phelps. [About the editor] Winifred Kupper was born on a sheep ranch at Bandera, Texas, in 1900. During World War I she was taught to work with sheep by her uncle Robert Maudslay and with him, for several years, took care of the sheep on the ranch. In 1917 she turned from sheepherding to school teaching. Her master's thesis, prepared under the direction of J. Frank Dobie, was based on Robert Maudslay's reminiscences of sheepherding which comprise the present book. Phelps, Hilda Wilcox (illustrator).
Published by Austin 1951, 1951
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: T A Swinford, Bookseller, sun city west, AZ, U.S.A.T A Swinford, Bookseller
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 1st Ed xi+138pp, frontis, photos, illus, index, dj vg+ Herd #1291 An interesting narrative of West Texas.
