Texas Jack - America's First Cowboy Star - Matthew Kerns

Texas Jack: America's First Cowboy Star is a biography of John B. \Texas Jack\ Omohundro, the first well-known cowboy in America. 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 lead 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..