The longest, toughest cattle-drive in History. I have 2000 head of cattle to get to Frisco, Jeff Kennet said quietly to Capt. Bill Ballinger. The river pilot whistled. You mean you brought that herd all the way from Texas to Sacramento? We climbed mountains, swam rivers crossed deserts, Jeff told him. We fought Indians and Renegades. We've been two years coming and we're not going to be licked next to the end of the trail. Before the last of the herd reaches the Golden Gate, savage gunplay brings a smashing climax to this ...
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The longest, toughest cattle-drive in History. I have 2000 head of cattle to get to Frisco, Jeff Kennet said quietly to Capt. Bill Ballinger. The river pilot whistled. You mean you brought that herd all the way from Texas to Sacramento? We climbed mountains, swam rivers crossed deserts, Jeff told him. We fought Indians and Renegades. We've been two years coming and we're not going to be licked next to the end of the trail. Before the last of the herd reaches the Golden Gate, savage gunplay brings a smashing climax to this unusual, fast moving Western.
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Fine book in wrappers. 184 pages. First paperback edition, first printing. Originally published in 1947 by Samuel Curl. Pocket book #514. Front cover art by Milton Wolsky. The story of the longest and toughest cattle drive in frontier history. Fine book with a touch of rubbing to the corners in wrappers. A beautiful copy!
The cover of this book states, "Driving cattle was his business--but killing became his job." For Jeff Kennett the two thousand head of cattle he owned was all he owned, and they would make him a rich man if he could drive them from Texas to California. But getting them there meant driving them across desert, mountains, getting past Apaches, renegades, outlaw gangs, even crooked politians and law men. Yet somehow he manages to do just that, and with each obstacle he faces he becomes a harder and harder man to stop. But it was the final stage of the trek which proved the toughest when he hired the side wheeled steamer, Flame of Sunset, to carry the cattle the rest of the way to market in San Francisco. I like this book a great deal, as it is different, yet still a "traditional" western. L P Holmes knew how to make each book he wrote special with intriguing characters and locations. This is a good one to have.