The Lone Cowboy

First published in 1930 as Will James’s life story, Lone Cowboy is regarded today as a fictionalized autobiography. This is the first time this story has been available as an ebook. The Lone Cowboy follows the author’s character from boy to cowboy to accomplished artist. The illustrations and text revive the scenes, people, and customs of the early twentieth century American West. In this ebook, as in Will James’s other works, the American cowboy is portrayed with a clarity and honesty few authors or illustrators can match.



“It is almost unbelievable that a single book could contain as much of the spirit of the American West as does Will James’s life story. Here—in flesh and blood—is the lone cowboy.”

—New York Evening Post



“A superbly interesting story of the cattle country, the fur country, the desert, and the high plains.”

—Atlantic Monthly