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Texas Jack: Americaâs First Cowboy Star is a biography of John B. âœTexas Jackâ Omohundro, the first well-known cowboy in America. A Confederate scout and spy from Virginia, Jack left for Texas within weeks of Leeâs surrender at Appomattox. In Texas, he became first a cowboy and then a trail boss, jobs that would inform the rest of his life. Jack lead cattle on the Chisholm and Goodnight-Loving trails to New Mexico, California, Kansas and Nebraska. In 1868 he met James B. âœWild Billâ Hickok in Kansas and then William F. âœBuffalo Billâ Cody in Nebraska at the end of the first major cattle drive to North Platte. Texas Jack and Buffalo Bill became friends, and soon the scout and the cowboy became the subjects of a series of dime novels written by Ned Buntline.

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    A Hardback by Matthew Kerns

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      Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/1/2021 12:05:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781493055418, 978-1493055418
      ISBN10: 1493055410

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Texas Jack: Americaâs First Cowboy Star is a biography of John B. âœTexas Jackâ Omohundro, the first well-known cowboy in America. A Confederate scout and spy from Virginia, Jack left for Texas within weeks of Leeâs surrender at Appomattox. In Texas, he became first a cowboy and then a trail boss, jobs that would inform the rest of his life. Jack lead cattle on the Chisholm and Goodnight-Loving trails to New Mexico, California, Kansas and Nebraska. In 1868 he met James B. âœWild Billâ Hickok in Kansas and then William F. âœBuffalo Billâ Cody in Nebraska at the end of the first major cattle drive to North Platte. Texas Jack and Buffalo Bill became friends, and soon the scout and the cowboy became the subjects of a series of dime novels written by Ned Buntline.

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