Ebook {Epub PDF} We Pointed Them North: Recollections of a Cowpuncher by E.C. Teddy Blue Abbott

We Pointed Them North: Recollections of a Cowpuncher (Farrar Rinehart, ; University of Oklahoma Press, ) Review by Jeffrey Morseburg If you want to study the era of the Great Cattle Drives or the origins of ranching on the northern prairies, E.C. “Teddy Blue” Abbott’s We Pointed Them North is an indispensible personal account Estimated Reading Time: 10 mins. We Pointed Them North.: Edward Charles Abbott, Helena Huntington Smith. University of Oklahoma Press, - History - pages. 5 Reviews. E. C. Abbott was a cowboy in the great days of the. Abbott, E. C. "Teddy Blue" Excerpt from We Pointed Them North: Recollections of a Cowpuncher. Originally published in By E. C. "Teddy Blue" Abbott and Helena Huntington Smith. E.C. "Teddy Blue" Abbott was by all accounts a regular cowboy who .

E.C. "Teddy Blue" Abbott was born in Cranwich, England in , and was brought to the West by his parents as a boy. The Abbotts settled in Lincoln, Nebraska -- a time when the region was overrun. First published in , We Pointed Them North has been brought back into print by the University of Oklahoma Press in completely new format, with drawings by Nick Eggenhofer, and with the full, original text. E.C. Abbott was a cowboy in the great days of the s and '80s. E.C. "Teddy Blue" Abbott. Average rating: · ratings · 49 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors. We Pointed Them North: Recollections of a Cowpuncher. by. E.C. "Teddy Blue" Abbott, Helena Huntington Smith. avg rating — ratings — published — 4 editions. Want to Read.

It was Larry McMurtry who connected me to a book called We Pointed Them North: Recollections of a Cowpuncher by E.C. “Teddy Blue” Abbott. I was writing a history of nomads in North America. Abbott, E. C. "Teddy Blue" Excerpt from We Pointed Them North: Recollections of a Cowpuncher. Originally published in By E. C. "Teddy Blue" Abbott and Helena Huntington Smith. E.C. "Teddy Blue" Abbott was by all accounts a regular cowboy who had worked on the range in the s and s. In "We Pointed Them North," Abbott recounts his life as a cowpuncher, driving cattle up the trails from Texas to Montana. Along the way, he encounters some of the Old West's most colorful characters. It is the book that inspired the language and characters of much of Larry McMurtry's Pulitzer winning "Lonesome Dove.".