Faro Nell and Her Friends - Wolfville Stories (Paperback)

1913. Illustrations by W. Herbert Dunton and J.N. Marchand. Alfred Henry Lewis, a lawyer, politician, wandering cowboy, and Hearst journalist, was known for his amusing, wise, and perceptive writing on the Western ethos. Lewis, the lawyer turned cowboy, rode his way through Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. His works provide useful background material on the American cowboy and his environment. Contents: Dead-Shot Baker; Old man Enright's Uncle; Cynthiana, Pet-named Original Sin; Old Monte, official drunkard; How the Mocking Bird was won; That Wolfville-Red Dog Fourth; Propriety Pratt, Hypnotist; That Turner person; Red Mike; How Tutt shot Texas Thompson; The Funeral of Old Holt; and Spelling Book Ben. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.