John Simpson Chisum: Cattle King of the Pecos Revisited
- ISBN-10
- 0865347565
- ISBN-13
- 9780865347564
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 226
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- Sunstone Press
- Author
- Clifford R. Caldwell
Description
John Simpson Chisum left a trail across the American West so wide that a blind scout could follow it. His life story seems to have been defined by his association with Billy the Kid and a singular, epic cattle drive across the barren expanses of West Texas to New Mexico.
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