Texana - Cowboys and Cayotes - First edition - 1945 - Signed
Cowboys And Coyotes. Eugene Perry Alldredge. Nashville: Privately printed, 1945. Hardcover. 9 ¼ x 6 ¼”. First edition, 147 pages, great b/w illustrations. Signed and inscribed by the author on the first free end pages.
Very good condition, clean, tight, crisp, and unmarked. There several small spots on the paste down and first free end page, otherwise nothing to mention. The good dust jacket has shelf and edge wear.
This book is listed as a resource in Six-Guns and Saddle Leather: A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Western Outlaws and Gunmen, The Rampaging Herd: A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Men and Events in the Cattle Country, Billy the Kid: The Bibliography of a Legend, and American Hunting And Fishing Books. An Annotated Bibliography of Books and Booklets on American Hunting and Fishing 1800 – 1970. Eugene Perry Alldredge (1875-1953) was a preacher in Kosse, Groesbeck, and Mexia. He graduated from Baylor University in 1900 and became a preacher in Waco. In 1907 he was sent out to New Mexico to die, being a victim of three serious ailments, any one of which could have proved fatal. Six and a half years he remained living out of doors, observing and hunting the wild life of that section. The stories which follow grew out of some of the unforgettable experiences which came to him in that semi-desert wonderland of the West. This is paraphrased from the foreword. You can find a copy of this book for $20/$30 but not a signed one.
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