Andy Adams is one of the most authentic writers of western life ever to appear. He wrote from direct experience as a cowboy on the great cattle trails that ran from Texas to Montana. Born in Indiana in 1859, while still a boy he joined the emigration to the cattle country of the southwest. From 1875 to 1890 he helped drive the herds across the Red River & north to the collection stations along the railroad. This book, his personal record of 15 years of cattle driving, is one of the most accurate accounts of cowboy life during this colorful but short-lived period. Here is the complete story of what cowboy life was really like. Reprint of 1903 edition.