Cow Dust and Saddle Leather
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Cow Dust and Saddle Leather
| Author | Ben W. Kemp |
|---|---|
| Published | 1968 |
| Pages | 300 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | The life of Ben E. Kemp — Texas Ranger, broncobuster, cowman and lawman — told by his son Benny, who was himself a U.S. forest ranger and sheriff of Catron County, New Mexico. |
Where I heard about it
- Debbie Lee — named in Part 2 of her four-part Catron County Centennial History, posted by the Catron County Historical Society (April 2022).
About this edition
University of Oklahoma Press, 1968, written with J.C. Dykes. Ben W. (Benny) Kemp was born in 1890; figures in the book include Captain George W. Baylor, the Apache Kid and Black Jack Ketchum. As a sheriff’s own family account, it is the closest thing on the Catron County reading list to an independent check on the ranching-era material H.B. Birmingham supplied.
Connections
- Ranches of Catron County — the outfits and the range-war era
- the private Catron County research page — Benny Kemp’s working life overlaps the notebook list almost exactly
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.