The Trail Driver
by Grey, Zane
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1936. First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Second of three books in the author's Panhandle Smith series, describing the great cattle drive of 1871 from San Antonio, Texas, to Dodge City, Kansas. Orig. published in 1936, this is the Grosset & Dunlap reprint, complete & unabridged. Hardcover 12mo has blue cloth-covered boards stamped in black lettering to front & spine. Condition is VG-: completely clean, binding strong & straight, pages moderately tanned, heavier around edges, but completely supple. NO writing or underlining or highlighting; not ex-lib.The unclipped DJ is downgraded to just Good due to much chipping & light creasing, heaviest at corners & both ends of spine; still colorful & bright, nicely protected in new mylar cover free! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive from us, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! All orders processed before 2 pm weekdays (PST) ship same day; weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
Reviews
On Apr 10 2020, a reader said:
This is the story of the cattle drive. From Texas they came, where cattle had little value except for their hides, to Kansas and the railroad where each head was worth about twenty dollars. So a herd of 3000 was worth upwards of sixty thousand dollars--quite a sum back then, and even yet today. In this novel Zane Grey relates to the reader just what it was like for a group of cow punchers to drive a herd up the Chisolm Trail--the dangers, the rivers, the storms, the stampedes, the Indians. Yet, this is also the personal story of love, commitment, honesty, fortitude, and how each of us must face up to these obstacles. The character, Pan Handle Smith, shows up in this one--one of Zane Grey's great heroes--to help deliver the cattle and use his guns. If you have ever seen the old TV show, Rawhide, this novels tells it like it really was. Of course, there is the romantic element, without which it would not be Zane Grey. A solid novel, well worth reading more than once.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021355
- Title
- The Trail Driver
- Author
- Grey, Zane
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1936
- Keywords
- WESTERN FICTION COWBOYS NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS TRAIL DRIVE NINETEENTH CENTURY 1800S CATTLE
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- The West/Westerns/Cowboys: Fiction & Nonfiction;
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Reprint
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- 12mo
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