Nothing better exists than Adams's several books for the man who wishes trustworthy information on the early American cattle business.
GEORGE A.FORSYTH, "The Story of the Soldier," 1900.
GEORGE BIRD GRINNELL, "The Story of the Indian," 1895.
EMERSON HOUGH, "The Story of the Cowboy," 1897.
CHARLES HOWARD SHINN, "The Story of the Mine," 1901.
CY WARMAN, "The Story of the Railroad," 1898.

The foregoing books of Appleton's interesting series known as "The Story of the West" are valuable as containing much detailed information, done by contemporaries of wide experience.
FRANCIS PARKMAN, "The Oregon Trail," 1901, with preface by the author to the edition of 18991.

This is a reprint of the edition published in 1857 under the title "Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life," or "The California and Oregon Trail," and has always been held as a classic in the literature of the West.

It holds a certain amount of information regarding life on the Plains at the middle of the last century.

The original title is more accurate than the more usual one "The Oregon Trail," as the book itself is in no sense an exclusive study of that historic highway.
COLONEL R.B.MARCY, U.S.A., "Thirty Years of Army Life on the Border," 1866.