CHARLES GOODNIGHT, COWMAN AND PLAINSMAN.

Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1949. xiii,485pp. Index. Notes. Frontis. illustration of Goodnight by H. D. Bugbee. Text illustrations by Bugbee throughout. Tan cloth with the title in red on spine. Map of the Southwest showing trails blazed by Goodnight. First edition thus. Lacking the dust jacket, the printing cannot be determined. Except for some light foxing to the fore-edge, it is a very clean, fine copy. Reese, Six Score 53: “The best biography of a cowman ever written….Haley’s beautifully written biography, perhaps his best book, is an ample vehicle for a mighty figure, and is a classic of American biography.”  A. C. Greene, Fifty Best Books on Texas 35: “The best Texas biography I’ve read.”  Jenkins, BTB 81: “This is a biography of one of the greatest Texans.” Adams, Six-Guns 908: “A distinguished biography of an outstanding cattleman.” Dobie & Dykes, 44&44 13: “Haley’s book is packed with character realities, illuminating anecdotes, all sorts of lore about horses, cattle, wild animals, mirages, and other features of nature.  A full-length portrait, written out of fullness of knowledge, it is the outstanding biography of the cattle industry of America.”  In my opinion, this is the absolute best, most readable biography of a cattleman that I am familiar with. The book may not be in a class by itself; but it sure doesn’t take long to call the roll.