The West of the Texas Kid 1881-1910 - (Western Frontier Library) by Thomas Edgar Crawford (Paperback)

About the Book

The West of the Texas Kid is one man's account of the West as he knew it. Here, Thomas Edgar Crawford has helped preserve the lore and legends of the Old West.

Book Synopsis

Not long before his death in 1941, cowboy, rancher, and sometime outlaw Thomas Edgar Crawford dictated recollections of his life in the West from 1881 to 1910. Crawford teamed up with such notorious characters as Black Jack Ketchum and Henry Starr, and after taking up ranching in Montana, he tried his hand at gold mining in California. His story constitutes an amazing record of Wyoming's Hole-in-the-Wall outlaws--though Crawford was reluctant to reveal his involvement in their affairs. He loved to hunt, and some of his best tales concern adventures in search of game.

The West of the Texas Kid, one man's account of the West as he knew it, preserves the lore and legends of the Old West for all.

Review Quotes

"The narrative has a breezy pace and the flavor of the times." -- Montana: The Magazine of Western History "Influenced by sensational books about the West, [Thomas Edgar Crawford] ran away at fourteen. During the next sixteen years he worked as an itinerant cowboy in Kansas, Texas, and Arizona, associated with outlaws in Wyoming, ranched in Montana, and mined in Death Valley. . . . Crawford's recollections are worth preserving." --Journal of American Folklore