Classic Rancher Bio, Signed
Charles Goodnight: Cowman and Plainsman
Publication: Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1949. Second Edition.
Notes: "The best biography of a cowman ever written"—William Reese, Six Score: The 120 Best Books on the Cattle Range Industry, no. 53.
"This remains the best Texas biography I've read... J. Evetts Haley wrote the Goodnight story from first hand. It is as flamboyant, and as down to earth, as its subject; but it isn't worshipful. Its glory is its readability..."—A. C. Greene, Fifty Best Books on Texas.
"A superb biography of one of the greatest Texas"—John Jenkins, Basic Texas Books, no. 81.
"A distinguished biography of an outstanding cattleman..."—Ramon Adams, Six-Guns and Saddle Leather, no. 809, noting this edition "with some changes."
xvi, 485, [3: blank] pages.
Edition + Condition: First printing of the second edition (with no indication of later printings on the copyright page and no statement of printing on the front jacket flap). A very good copy (small previous owner's address stamp on front free endpaper) in a very good dust jacket. This copy is inscribed on the title page to a Marine officer, "For General Richard Mulberry by J. Evetts Haley. 10/7/92."
Item No: #365287
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