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A Texas Cowboy: or, Fifteen Years on the Hurricane Deck of a Spanish Pony
Contributor(s): Siringo, Charles A. (Author), Etulain, Richard (Introduction by)

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 ISBN: 0140437517     ISBN-13: 9780140437515
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
OUR PRICE: $22.80  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: December 2000
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Annotation: After a nomadic childhood, Charles Siringo signed on as a teenage cowboy for the noted Texas cattle king, Shanghai Pierce, and began a life that embraced all the hard work, excitement, and adventure readers today associate with the cowboy era. He "rid the Chisholm trail", driving 2,500 heads of cattle from Austin to Kansas; knew Tascosa -- now a historic monument -- when it was home to raucous saloons, red Light districts, and a fair share of violence; and led a posse of cowboys in pursuit of Billy the Kid and his gang.

First published in 1885, Siringo's chronicle of his life as a itchy-footed boy, cowhand, range detective, and adventurer was one the first classics about the Old West and helped to romanticize the West and its myth of the American cowboy. Will Rogers declared, "That was the Cowboy's Bible when I was growing up".

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - 19th Century
- History | United States - 20th Century
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
Dewey: B
LCCN: 00031363
Age Level: 18-UP
Grade Level: 13-UP
Series: Penguin Classics
Physical Information: 0.41" H x 4.51" W x 8.27" L (0.35 lbs) 224 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Southwest U.S.
- Geographic Orientation - Texas
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product
 
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After a nomadic childhood, Charles Siringo signed on as a teenage cowboy for the noted Texas cattle king, Shanghai Pierce, and began a life that embraced all the hard work, excitement, and adventure readers today associate with the cowboy era. He rid the Chisholm trail, driving 2,500 heads of cattle from Austin to Kansas; knew Tascosa--now a historic monument--when it was home to raucous saloons, red light districts, and a fair share of violence; and led a posse of cowboys in pursuit of Billy the Kid and his gang.

First published in 1885, Siringo's chronicle of his life as a itchy-footed boy, cowhand, range detective, and adventurer was one the first classics about the Old West and helped to romanticize the West and its myth of the American cowboy. Will Rogers declared, That was the Cowboy's Bible when I was growing up.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
 
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