A Texas Cow Boy
- ISBN-10
- 1511491930
- ISBN-13
- 9781511491938
- Series
- A Texas Cow Boy
- Pages
- 116
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-04-02
- Publisher
- CreateSpace
- Author
- Chas A. Siringo
Description
My excuse for writing this book is money-and lots of it. I suppose the above would suffice, but as time is not very precious I will continue and tell how the idea of writing a book first got into my head: While ranching on the Indian Territory line, close to Caldwell, Kansas, in the winter of '82 and '83, we boys-there being nine of us-made an iron-clad rule that whoever was heard swearing or caught picking grey backs off and throwing them on the floor without first killing them, should pay a fine of ten cents for each and every offense. The proceeds to be used for buying choice literature-something that would have a tendency to raise us above the average cow-puncher. Just twenty-four hours after making this rule we had three dollars in the pot-or at least in my pocket, I having been appointed treasurer.
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- 2016-02-29
- 122 pages
- Paperback
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