Cowboy Sam and Big Bill

Cowboy Sam

by Edna Walker Chandler

Cowboy Sam rides again in this installment of the rootin' tootin' series familiar to millions of schoolkids in the 1950s and 60s. In Cowboy Sam and Big Bill, we go back in time to see how ranch cook Big Bill came to Cowboy Sam's ranch and how his only good dish grew tiresome enough that Big Bill had to learn some new cooking tricks. As always, there's a moral to be found in this Cowboy Sam book -- in this case how hard work and perseverance pay off -- and children learn the value of the cowboy way. Like the other books in this series, Cowboy Sam and Big Bill features the timeless Americana of wild west illustrator Jack Merryweather. Children of today will find Cowboy Sam just as fun and fascinating as their grandparents did.

48 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1960