{"product_id":"9781455447152","title":"Redskin and Cow-Boy, a Tale of the Western Plains","description":"Western, first published in 1896.  12 illustrations. According to the Preface: \"The principal part of the tale is laid among the cow-boys of the Western States of America, a body of men unrivalled in point of hardihood and devotion to work, as well as in reckless courage and wild daring. Texas, which twenty-five years ago was the great ranching state, is no longer the home of the typical cow-boy, but he still exists and flourishes in New Mexico and the northern States and Territories. The picture I have given of their life can be relied upon, and its adventures and dangers are in no degree coloured, as I have taken them from the lips of a near relative of my own who was for some years working as a cow-boy in New Mexico. He was an actor in many of the scenes described, and so far from my having heightened or embellished them, I may say that I have given but a small proportion of the perilous adventures through which he went, for had I given them in full it would, I am sure, have seemed to you that the story was too improbable to be true. In treating of cow-boy life, indeed, it may well be said that truth is stranger than fiction.\"","brand":"B\u0026R Samizdat Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47155210125552,"sku":"9781455447152","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781455447152_p0.jpg?v=1763859340","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781455447152","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}