Signed, Numbered Facsimile
A Texas Ranger and Frontiersman: The Days of Buck Barry in Texas, 1845–1906
Publication: Waco, TX: Friends of the Moody Texas Ranger Library, 1978. Second Edition.
Notes: One of 1000 signed and numbered copies with a short new introduction by the editor.
"The best memoir of a Texas Ranger during the mid-19th century... One of Barry's most valuable contributions is his account of the daily life of the pioneer on the edge of civilization"—John Jenkins, Basic Texas Books, no. 11.
"Modern readers may not find Buck Barry's attitudes and views entirely lovable, especially concerning Indians. But while he didn't sympathize with them, he treated them as honorable foes, never sneering at them or projecting them as mere savages to be exterminated"—A. C. Green, Fifty Best Books on Texas.
Ramon Adams, The Rampaging Herd, no. 927, "A chapter on stock farming."
Barry kept a journal and other documents which he used to compile this memoir. He died before he finished it; Greer, the first historian to earn a Ph.D. in Texas, edited the completed chapters and finished compiling the final ones.
Edition + Condition: Near fine in a like dust jacket. This is copy 558 signed by Greer. It is additionally inscribed by him, "To Dr. James H. Colgin, I wish our paths had crossed earlier. James K. Greer. 6/23/90."
Item No: #365282
Price: $125