{"product_id":"maverick-town-9780806120898","title":"Maverick Town","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author, John  McCarty, newsman  and  publisher of Amarillo,  has sought  sources far and  wide,  and he has used them  with  great  skill. . . . It is good that the story of Old Tascosa has been saved while the sources are fresh, good that the whole job has been done by the Southwest.\"\" - Walter Prescott  Webb, \u003ci\u003eDallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"Tascosa may not have been the toughest of the old-time cow towns, but it was tough enough. . . . McCarty . . . has done a conscientious job in reconstructing the gaudy days of Tascosa. . . . A solid contribution to Southwestern history. A workmanlike performance.\"\" - \u003ci\u003eNew York Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"Every lover of the Old West, every reader of Western history has at times wished in vain for a full and readable account of Tascosa, one time cow town capital of the Texas Panhandle. . . . The author's account of the death throes of Tascosa, 'How a Town Dies,' is perhaps our best account of a typical tragedy of the plains.\"\" - Stanley Vestal, \u003ci\u003eChicago Sunday Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"A lively book, which gives you what seems an authentic picture of a life which, curiously, appears to have been just about the way it is in the horse operas.\u003ci\u003e\"\" - The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768090591575,"sku":"9780806120898","price":22.61,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780806120898.jpg?v=1758716269","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/maverick-town-9780806120898","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}