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Circle-Dot: A True Story of Cowboy Life Forty Years Ago
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The Author was a cowboy, during the period of which he writes, and is thoroughly conversant with every phase of cowboy life. After the lapse of many years, some of the most pleasant recollections engraved on the tablets of his memory are of the open plains, the wild cattle, and the irresistible cowboy.
To travel over the ground where these cattle once grazed in countless numbers and see the domestic kind now driven to the pastures by little children; to see the broad prairies, where formerly a ride of a thousand miles would not reveal a furrow or fence, now checkered over with posts and wires and plowed fields, and the landscape dotted here and there with stacks of wheat, ricks of hay, and farm-houses, makes the old cowboy long to again see the prairies covered with longhorned cattle, picturesque wild horses, and herds of innumerable buffaloes; to once more ride the bucking broncho in pursuit of the wild steer and the fighting maverick; to hear the coyote's howl and the stampede's roar; to inhale the aroma of wild flowers whilst breathing the life-giving air that blows across the free and untrammeled plains, where the sun rises and sets in a halo of glory, where you have that thrilling of the heart, that buoyancy of spirit, that drives away every care and makes you laugh at danger. To portray this wild, active and strenuous life, and to give an accurate pen-picture of this past and forgotten industry, is the mission of Circle-dot.
Contents:
1. Circle-dot
2. Bill And Sandy
3. The Cowboy
4. The Boy From Arkansas
5. Sandy Tells Jim About Texas
6. Banard Raymez
7. Joe Dingby
8. A Bull-fight
9. Indian Raids
10. The Texas Steer In The Round-up
11. Incidents About The Ranch
12. The Old Pecan Tree
13. A Norther
14. Poker Jack
15. Rescue Of May Dyer
16. The Horse-race
17. Adventures Of An Evening
18. A Sand-storm
19. The Mirage
20. The Buffalo
21. Wolves Attack Cattle
22. The Black 'dobe
23. Wild Horses
24. A Trip To The Wichita Mountains
25. Cattle Driven To Abilene, Kansas
26. The Cattle
27. The Stampede
28. On The Trail
29. The Duel
30. Texas Fever
31. Abilene
32. Sandy And Jim "shoot Up" Abilene
33. Newton
34. Wichita
35. Dodge City
36. The Return Trip
37. A Prairie Fire
38. Through The Indian Nation
39. A Lucky Shot
40. The Proposal
41. Tried By Regulators
42. Bill Makes A Decision
43. A Fight To A Finish
44. Indian Territory Desperadoes
45. "A Life For A Life,"
46. The Battle Of The Boggy
47. Death Of Jim,
48. Bill And Circle-dot Agree,
49. Sandy Tells Bill A Secret,
This book published in 1907 has been reformatted for the Kindle and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication or from the reformatting.
The Author was a cowboy, during the period of which he writes, and is thoroughly conversant with every phase of cowboy life. After the lapse of many years, some of the most pleasant recollections engraved on the tablets of his memory are of the open plains, the wild cattle, and the irresistible cowboy.
To travel over the ground where these cattle once grazed in countless numbers and see the domestic kind now driven to the pastures by little children; to see the broad prairies, where formerly a ride of a thousand miles would not reveal a furrow or fence, now checkered over with posts and wires and plowed fields, and the landscape dotted here and there with stacks of wheat, ricks of hay, and farm-houses, makes the old cowboy long to again see the prairies covered with longhorned cattle, picturesque wild horses, and herds of innumerable buffaloes; to once more ride the bucking broncho in pursuit of the wild steer and the fighting maverick; to hear the coyote's howl and the stampede's roar; to inhale the aroma of wild flowers whilst breathing the life-giving air that blows across the free and untrammeled plains, where the sun rises and sets in a halo of glory, where you have that thrilling of the heart, that buoyancy of spirit, that drives away every care and makes you laugh at danger. To portray this wild, active and strenuous life, and to give an accurate pen-picture of this past and forgotten industry, is the mission of Circle-dot.
Contents:
1. Circle-dot
2. Bill And Sandy
3. The Cowboy
4. The Boy From Arkansas
5. Sandy Tells Jim About Texas
6. Banard Raymez
7. Joe Dingby
8. A Bull-fight
9. Indian Raids
10. The Texas Steer In The Round-up
11. Incidents About The Ranch
12. The Old Pecan Tree
13. A Norther
14. Poker Jack
15. Rescue Of May Dyer
16. The Horse-race
17. Adventures Of An Evening
18. A Sand-storm
19. The Mirage
20. The Buffalo
21. Wolves Attack Cattle
22. The Black 'dobe
23. Wild Horses
24. A Trip To The Wichita Mountains
25. Cattle Driven To Abilene, Kansas
26. The Cattle
27. The Stampede
28. On The Trail
29. The Duel
30. Texas Fever
31. Abilene
32. Sandy And Jim "shoot Up" Abilene
33. Newton
34. Wichita
35. Dodge City
36. The Return Trip
37. A Prairie Fire
38. Through The Indian Nation
39. A Lucky Shot
40. The Proposal
41. Tried By Regulators
42. Bill Makes A Decision
43. A Fight To A Finish
44. Indian Territory Desperadoes
45. "A Life For A Life,"
46. The Battle Of The Boggy
47. Death Of Jim,
48. Bill And Circle-dot Agree,
49. Sandy Tells Bill A Secret,
This book published in 1907 has been reformatted for the Kindle and may contain an occasional defect from the original publication or from the reformatting.
262 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 1, 1907
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September 6, 2022
Found this e-book instead on Barnes & Noble:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/circ...
(The Amazon link led to a blank page with a picture of a dog.)
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/circ...
(The Amazon link led to a blank page with a picture of a dog.)
December 21, 2020
This book was a surprise for me as I thought it would be a narrative about the author's experience as a cowboy.
However, I found the book very entertaining and how the author wrote this book in "dialect" is beyond my comprehension. The author was obviously a very patient man. Two of the cowboys always talk in "dialect" ("hit or hits" instead of its or it for example like "hit looks like rain"). The third cowboy speaks in much too educated English to be a real uneducated cowboy of the times (unless he is the author with a different name).
The book turns out to be about cowboys, and I assume the three main cowboys are fictitious, as is probably "Circle Dot". However, the author relates the experiences of the cowboys with towns, real people, and events that make you think (at times) the narrative may be about real people.
With that teaser, I will leave the review that this surprise book occupied me and keep me interested for this cold wet day and is well worth the read for the entertainment value if nothing else.
However, I found the book very entertaining and how the author wrote this book in "dialect" is beyond my comprehension. The author was obviously a very patient man. Two of the cowboys always talk in "dialect" ("hit or hits" instead of its or it for example like "hit looks like rain"). The third cowboy speaks in much too educated English to be a real uneducated cowboy of the times (unless he is the author with a different name).
The book turns out to be about cowboys, and I assume the three main cowboys are fictitious, as is probably "Circle Dot". However, the author relates the experiences of the cowboys with towns, real people, and events that make you think (at times) the narrative may be about real people.
With that teaser, I will leave the review that this surprise book occupied me and keep me interested for this cold wet day and is well worth the read for the entertainment value if nothing else.
October 19, 2019
How to enjoy life as only a kind sympathetic smart and friendly cowboy
With lots of prior experience could offer. A very engaging account with true friends supporting one another in many harrowing circumstances.
With lots of prior experience could offer. A very engaging account with true friends supporting one another in many harrowing circumstances.
May 24, 2020
A good look at cowboy life.
Interesting story of western life. The cowboy life is brought to life in this book. One can only imagine the hardships encountered in life.
Interesting story of western life. The cowboy life is brought to life in this book. One can only imagine the hardships encountered in life.
May 26, 2021
Ebook wasn't available on Amazon, but found it on Barnes & Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/circ...
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