Books in The Tumbleweed Series series

ANNOTATION: Fourteen short stories capture the quirky and peculiar behavior of horses, both good and ornery. You'll meet buckers, tricksters, and trusted partners: Bearcat is not just a plain crazy hardheaded bucker...but a wise, coolheaded cross between a whirlwind and a ton of brick, Joker is full of old nick and plenty of snorts, and Little Eagle is the seeing eye for a blind cowboy. First published in 1940, Horses I've Known contains some of Will James' most acclaimed short stories.

A scorpion grabs you with its claws, but its poison comes from where you'd least expect it--the tip of its tail. A fine-looking chestnut bronc receives the name Scorpion when he explodes unexpectedly after several days of unusually good behavior. "That horse," a bronco-busting cowboy says, "is going to be either mighty good or mighty bad."One day Tim, an outlaw on the run, trades his tired horse for Scorpion, and the two forge a relationship of destiny. Though never a well-broke horse, Scorpion acts truly wicked only when Tim makes poor decisions--thus keeping Tim out of trouble. With a little unsolicited help from Scorpion, Tim finds romance and a reason to clear his name.First published in 1936, Scorpion, A Good Bad Horse is the fifteenth title in the Tumbleweed Series of Will James reprints. James illustrated this tale with 45 pen-and-ink drawings.

"A breath from the range." --The New York Herald TribuneJohn B. Mitchell started out with nothing but a saddle and a long rope--long enough to lasso someone else's cattle. He left Texas in a hurry with an "appropriated" herd and headed north to find a spread of his own. Half a century later he reigned over the Seven X Ranch, a "fair sized outfit" about sixty miles long and more than forty miles wide. With characteristic understatement and drawl, Will James tells the story of life on the Seven X--a story of hard work, tough humor, and longtime friendships. Join John B. and his family on the home ranch as they round up long horns, ride circle with the cowboys, and try in vain to keep tenderfoots from the city out of trouble.

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1925. Illustrated by the author. Will James has been declared to be the most readable and the most genuine interpreter of the cowboy. In this story the cowboy drifts from riding as a double for movie stars to riding a few buckers and bulldogin a few steers in a rodeo. As in actual life, the cowboy drifts in winter ahead of the blizzards. And in the summer you'll meet the folks he meets and feel the breeze from the hoofs of his bronc. Contents: Cowboys, North and South; Bucking Horses and Bucking-Horse Riders; A Cowpuncher Speaks; Cattle Rustlers; Winter Months in a Cow Camp; The Makings of a Cow-Horse; The Longhorns; and Pinon and the Wild Ones. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.