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The Log of a Cowboy (1903) – An account of a five-month drive of 3,000 head of cattle from Brownsville, Texas, to Montana during 1882 along the Great Western Cattle Trail. The Log of a Cowboy is based upon Adams’ own experiences as a cowboy and the cattle drives he participated in. It is considered the most realistic of all the fiction about the great cattle drives of the late 1800s. Chapter I – Up The Trail Chapter II – Receiving Chapter III – The Start Chapter IV – The Atascosa Chapter V – A Dry Drive Chapter VI – A Reminiscent Night Chapter VII – The Colorado Chapter VIII – On The Brazos And Wichita Chapter IX – Doan’s Crossing Chapter X – “No Man’s Land” Chapter XI – A Boggy Ford Chapter XII – The North Fork Chapter XIII – Dodge Chapter XIV – Slaughter’s Bridge Chapter XV – The Beaver Chapter XVI – The Republican Chapter XVII – Ogalalla Chapter XVIII – The North Platte Chapter XIX – Forty Islands Ford Chapter XX – A Moonlight Drive Chapter XXI – The Yellowstone Chapter XXII – Our Last Camp-Fire Chapter XXIII – Delivery Chapter XXIV – Back To Texas Andy Adams (1859-1935) was born in Indiana. During the early 1880s, he went to Texas, where he stayed for 10 years, spending much of that time driving cattle on the western trails. He began writing at the age of 43, publishing his most successful book, The Log of a Cowboy, in 1903. The Log of a Cowboy has 7 illustrations.