Longhorn Cowboy

New York: Putnam and Sons, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good +. Herbert M. Stoops. 241 pp. Octavo. [20.5 cm] Tan cloth over boards. Title stamped on cover and spine, and author stamped in spine in brown ink. Publisher's brown topstain. Illustrated dust jacket, chipping along all edges. Small loss at head of spine. 6 cm closed tear along rear edge of spine. Some staining on the back board. Longhorn Cowboy details the adventure of Jim Cook as told by him, a direct descendant of the British sailor Captain Cook. He tells stories of setting off to find work ride herds of bulls in the Chisholm trail and guiding the U.S. army in the Geronimo uprisings in this authentic book about the old west.