Texas Jack: America's First Cowboy Star

Author:  Matthew Kerns 

 You’ve heard of  Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill Hickok, Here is the incredible true story of their friend and fellow fabled cowboy, Texas Jack Omohundro. Packed with exciting tales of dangerous cattle drives, fierce battles, and theatrical exploits, Texas Jack: America’s First Cowboy is required reading for any Old West aficionado. 

A Confederate scout and spy from Virginia, Jack left for Texas within weeks of Lee's surrender at Appomattox. In Texas, he became first a cowboy and then a trail boss, jobs that would inform the rest of his life. Jack led cattle on the Chisholm and Goodnight-Loving trails to New Mexico, California, Kansas and Nebraska. In 1868 he met James B. "Wild Bill" Hickok in Kansas and then William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody in Nebraska at the end of the first major cattle drive to North Platte. Texas Jack and Buffalo Bill became friends, and soon the scout and the cowboy became the subjects of a series of dime novels written by Ned Buntline.
Buffalo Bill's best friend, Wild Bill's favorite cowboy, husband of the most famous ballerina in the world, Texas Jack's life provided the foundation and inspiration behind the cowboys that would appear on stage, in print, and on the silver screen.  Fierce foe of the Sioux and stalwart friend of the Pawnee, Texas Jack was the original cowboy in America's "cowboys and Indians" stories.

Hardcover:  ‎ 368 pages
Size:  ‎ 6.3 x 9.4 inches