Tascosa, Its Life and Gaudy Times
(Lubbock, TX, 2007): Texas Tech University Press. First Edition. Quarto. Item #023963
361p. index, bibliography, notes. Illustrated with photographic images. The ranching boom of the 1880s made the Texas Panhandle town of Tascosa known as 'the cowboy capital of the world." The author traces the town's rise in the 1880s as a rowdy center for cattlemen, buffalo hunters, gamblers, outlaws, and dance-hall girls. It covers the violent feuds, saloon culture, and larger-than-life personalities that gave the frontier settlement its reputation as one of the wildest towns in the West. Nolan also recounts its decline once the cattle trails shifted and law and order began to settle the region, leaving Tascosa a ghost town with a colorful past. A fine bright copy bound in 1/4 brown leather over beige cloth, spine lettering gilt, in a fine publisher's matching slipcase. Exceptionally nice.
Price: $150.00