| A Texas Cowboy's Journal: Up the Trail to Kansas in 1868 Volume 3 Contributor(s): Bailey, Jack (Author), Dary, David (Editor), Schroeder, Charles P. (Transcribed by) |
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ISBN: 0806146478 ISBN-13: 9780806146478 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press OUR PRICE: $16.78 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: Western Legacies |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5" W x 6.9" (0.35 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this earliest known day-by-day journal of a cattle drive from Texas to Kansas, Jack Bailey, a North Texas farmer, describes what it was like to live and work as a cowboy in the southern plains just after the Civil War. We follow Bailey as the drive moves northward into Kansas and then as his party returns to Texas through eastern Kansas, southwestern Missouri, northwestern Arkansas, and Indian Territory. For readers steeped in romantic cowboy legend, the journal contains surprises. Bailey's time on the trail was hardly lonely. We travel with him as he encounters Indians, U.S. soldiers, Mexicans, freed slaves, and cowboys working other drives. He and other crew members-including women-battle hunger, thirst, illness, discomfort, and pain. Cowboys quarrel and play practical jokes on each other and, at night, sing songs around the campfire. David Dary's thorough introduction and footnotes place the journal in historical context. Jack Bailey was most likely John W. Bailey (1831-?), a farmer from Jack County, Texas. David Dary is Professor Emeritus and former Director of the School of Journalism at the University of Oklahoma. His books include Cowboy Culture: A Saga of Five Centuries and Entrepreneurs of the Old West. Charles P. Schroeder is Executive Director of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. |
Contributor Bio(s): Schroeder, Charles P.: - Charles P. Schroeder is Executive Director of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Bailey, Jack: -Jack Bailey was most likely John W. Bailey (b. 1831), a farmer from Jack County, Texas. Dary, David: - David Dary is Professor Emeritus and former head of what is now the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Oklahoma. He is the author of more than 20 books, including Red Blood and Black Ink; The Oregon Trail: An American Saga; and Stories of Old-Time Oklahoma. |