Books with title The Texican

This volume was published in 1911.Book excerpt:A rapt silence, such as artists love, followed the last wailing cadence of the song; the still- ness of the desert crept in upon them, broken only by the murmur of the river and an al- most subterranean thud of hoofs ; then with a jingle of spurs and the creaking of wet leather a horseman rode up and halted before the door. The water sloshed in his boots as he dismounted but he swung into the store with the grace of a cavalier a young man, almost a boy, yet broad-shouldered and muscular, with features moulded to an expression of singular resolu- tion and courage. A heavy pair of apron chaps sure sign of Texas cumbered his limbs and the wooden handle of a Colts forty- five showed above its holster in the right leg; for the rest, he wore a new jumper over his blue shirt, and a broad, high-crowned hat,.with-out frills. As the stranger headed for the bar with business-like directness Angevine Thorne felt a sudden sense of awe, almost of fear, and he wondered for the instant if it was a hold-up ; but the Texan simply dropped a quarter on the counter and motioned to a bottle.Be sure to look for other books by this author: - Bat Wing Bowles - The Desert Trail

This early cowboy western is a rollicking political satire, the likes of which a reader would find difficult to duplicate in a western novel today. The Texican of the title is a freelance cattle rustler, Pecos Dalhart, who fetches up in Arizona, where he gets involved in a feud between two rival cattlemen, Ike Crittendon and John Upton.Plot and character. Crittendon hires Pecos to alter the brands on any of Upton’s cattle he finds on the range. Meanwhile, the local sheriff, Boone Morgan, is alert to any signs of cattle theft, and when Crittendon falsely accuses Pecos of stealing a cow, he gets hauled in to the county jail, to await trial.Pecos, as Dane Coolidge describes him, was “born a Democrat and taught to love whiskey and hate Mexicans.” However, he has begun reading an anti-capitalist newspaper, The Voice of Reason, which has opened his eyes to the corrupt law enforcement system used by the rich to oppress the poor. Sheriff Morgan soon learns he has incarcerated an outspoken advocate of revolution.

Excerpt from The Texican The Texican was written by Dane Coolidge in 1911. This is a 377 page book, containing 64357 words and 4 pictures. Search Inside is enabled for this title. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

At an age when most men are still “wet behind the ears,” Pecos Dalhart, broad-shouldered, unflinching, experienced in the cowboy craft demanded the respect of older men. Fresh from Texas, arriving in Geronimo County, Arizona, he found himself caught up in a cross-branding feud between former cattlemen friends. And branding just happened to be a cowboy craft at which Pecos was especially adept. Was double-crossing a double-crosser or stealing from a thief really wrong? He made his choice—one of many from which he would learn. Two chance occurrences altered his directions. The first was the sight of Marcelina García. His Texas cowboy disdain for those with Hispanic surnames faced its first of several coming challenges, from which he would emerge a better man. The second was a surprise gift subscription to a radical newspaper, one charging the common man to rise up against his wealthy suppressors and their established order—heady fare for a barely-schooled cowboy. And then an occurrence that was not chance saw Pecos arrested and falsely charged with cattle rustling. His broad shoulders, his fearlessness, nor his cowboy skills could win this fight. He would need help.

In The Texican by Dane Coolidge, Pecos Dalhart, is just looking for some work in Arizona when he finds a freelance cattle rustling job. Things go bad very quickly for the young cowboy after he gets caught in the middle of a feud between the two biggest cattlemen in Geronimo County. Pecos is falsely accused of cattle theft by one of the cattlemen, Ike Crittendon, and promptly thrown in jail by sheriff Boone Morgan. Pecos becomes inspired by an article in the anti-capitalist newspaper "The Voice of Reason" while awaiting trial and soon begins to turn the tables on on both the rich cattlemen and the corrupt legal system that serves them. With the help of his friend Angevine "Babe" Thorne, a supportive local journalist and the beautiful Marcelina, Pecos orchestrates a turnabout no one could have anticipated!

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CHAPTER IVERDE CROSSINGTHE languid quiet of midday lay upon the little road-house that stood guard by Verde Crossing. Old Crit and his wild Texas cowboys had left the corral at dawn, riding out mysteriously with their running irons in their chaps; the dogs had crawled under José Garcia's house and gone to sleep; to the north the Tonto trail stretched away vacant and only the brawling of the Verde as it rushed over the rocky ford suggested the savage struggle that was going on in the land. Within the adobe fort that served for both store and saloon Angevine Thorne, Old Crit's roustabout, sat tipped back in his chair breathing thoughtfully through a mouth-organ while a slender Mexican girl, lingering by the doorway, listened in childish adoration."Oyez, Babe," she pleaded, lisping in broken English, "sing 'Work iss Done' for me, otra vez, once more.""Yore maw will be singin' a different tune if you don't hurry home with that lard," counselled Babe, but seeing that she was in no mood to depart he cleared his throat to sing. "You don't know how bad this makes me feel, Marcelina," he said, rubbing his hand over his bald spot and smoothing down his lank hair, "but I'll sing you the first verse—it ain't so bad." He stood up and turned his eyes to heaven; a seraphic smile came into his face, as if he saw the angels, and in a caressing tenor voice he began:—

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