The Outlet An American Western Classic Author:Andy Adams An American Western Classic! At the close of the civil war, the need for a market for the cattle surplus of Texas was urgent! The demand for a market became imperative & was to become one of the most contentious wars ...this is that bloody story. Andy Adams was himself cowboy and his best-known work The Log of a Cowboy, about his five-month ... more »drive of over three thousand head of cattle from Brownsville to Montana in 1882, is said to be one of the most authentic records of the "Wild West" days in cattle country. At the age of 15, Adams left home & soon became involved in the horse-trading business which took him to Dodge City in Kansas, and the Cherokee Outlet in Oklahoma. He spent his time in the dust and mayhem of cattle driving on the western trail. Later he focused on the mining boom in search of gold, although he did not strike any, so he began to seriously put his pen to paper and write about his adventures. Add this exciting American classic to your Western library today!« less