THE DIARY OF A DUDE WRANGLER
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Item #2602008
1st printing (Scribners did not start using "A" to designate first printing until 1930). Pictorial green cloth. 331pp. From Wiki: "Struthers Burt grew up in Philadelphia, where he attended private schools and worked at a city newspaper. He graduated from Princeton University in 1904, then attended the University of Munich, and Merton College at Oxford University. Following his return to the United States, he taught English at Princeton. In 1908, he moved to Wyoming and co-founded the JY Ranch with Louis Joy, which would later become the famous Rockefeller ranch of the same name. In 1912, following a dispute with Joy, he established his own dude ranch, the Bar B C Ranch." This autobiography includes his year in the West, including trips to British Columbia on hunting excursions. This copy is NOT ex-lib, but pasted on the front paste down is a typed and sign list of nine borrowers from someone's library, Viz., "Jan. 5 this book goes to Violet Krall" (name signed by lender). A very good copy with a few minor blemishes to covers & mild wear to toe of spine; no dj.
Price: $40.00