With Hoops of Steel

With Hoops of Steel

Owen Wisters The Virginian and Florence Finch Kellys With Hoops of Steel were the first of the modern cow-boy novels. Twenty-five years have passed since Mrs. Kellys enthralling story first appearedSeptember, 1900. Most of the novels published then and since, are dead and forgotten. Not so With Hoops of Steel. It was in continuous demand from its first friendly welcome by the critics until the World War turned public attention to Europe. Even so its vitality persisted, justified this new edition, and seems to warrant the belief that the present generation will find its story interest as vivid and as exciting as did the past, and its value even greater, for it presents an authentic portrait of the old southwestern cattlemen and a fascinating picture of a phase of national development now passed into history. The soft, muffling dusk settled slowly downward from the darkening blue sky and little by little smothered the weird gleam that rose from the gray-white plain. Away toward the east a range of mountains gloomed faintly, rimming the distance. Another towered against the western horizon. Cactus clumps and bunches of mesquite and greasewood blotted the whitely gleaming earth. In and out among these dark spots a man was slowly riding. Now and then he leaned forward and looked keenly through the growing darkness as though searching for some familiar landmark. The horse lagged across the heavy sand, with drooping head and ears. The rider patted its neck with a buckskin gloved hand and spoke cheerily to the tired animal: ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 28585
Author: Kelly, Florence Finch
Release Date: Apr 22, 2009
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Illustrator: Smith, Dan