{"product_id":"deep-trails-in-the-old-west-a-frontier-memoir-paperback-softback-9780806165066","title":"Deep Trails in the Old West; A Frontier Memoir (Paperback \/ softback) 9780806165066","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDeep Trails in the Old West\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Frontier Memoir\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFrank Clifford (Author), Frederick Nolan (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780806165066\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 14 April 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages, 27 black \u0026amp; white illustrations\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.7 cm, 0.333 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOne hundred and thirty years after the death of Billy the Kid, it is rare for an account to appear that is fresh and authentic. Yet this book is even more than that. Salvaged from a lost manuscript, \u003ci\u003eDeep Trails in the Old West\u003c\/i\u003e is a genuine tale told by a down-to-earth wandering cowboy of the Old West. A great read!\"\" - Robert G. McCubbin, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eWild West 365\u003c\/i\u003e and Publisher Emeritus of \u003ci\u003eTrue West\u003c\/i\u003e magazine\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCowboy and drifter Frank Clifford lived a lot of lives - and raised a lot of hell - in the first quarter of his life. The number of times he changed his name - Clifford being just one of them - suggests that he often traveled just steps ahead of the law. During the 1870s and 1880s his restless spirit led him all over the Southwest, crossing the paths of many of the era's most notorious characters, most notably Clay Allison and Billy the Kid.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMore than just an entertaining and informative narrative of his Wild West adventures, Clifford's memoir also paints a picture of how ranchers and ordinary folk lived, worked, and stayed alive during those tumultuous years. Written in 1940 and edited and annotated by Frederick Nolan, \u003ci\u003eDeep Trails in the Old West\u003c\/i\u003e is likely one of the last eyewitness histories of the old West ever to be discovered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs Frank Clifford, the author rode with outlaw Clay Allison's Colfax County vigilantes, traveled with Charlie Siringo, cowboyed on the Bell Ranch, contended with Apaches, and mined for gold in Hillsboro. In 1880 he was one of the Panhandle cowboys sent into New Mexico to recover cattle stolen by Billy the Kid and his \u003ci\u003ecompa\u0026amp;ntilde;eros\u003c\/i\u003e - and in the process he got to know the Kid dangerously well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn unveiling this work, Nolan faithfully preserves Clifford's own words, providing helpful annotation without censoring either the author's strong opinions or his racial biases. For all its roughness, \u003ci\u003eDeep Trails in the Old West\u003c\/i\u003e is a rich resource of frontier lore, customs, and manners, told by a man who saw the Old West at its wildest - and lived to tell the tale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"University of Oklahoma Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670851383576,"sku":"9780806165066","price":16.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/deep-trails-in-the-old-west-a-frontier-memoir-paperback-softback-9780806165066","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}