'SUMMER OF '77' from A TEXAS MATCHMAKER by ANDY ADAMS
1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales
Jon Hagadorn
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🗓️ 27 August 2023
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A true piece of American west history as cowboy Andy Adams, in his book 'A Texas Matchmaker', recalls his younger days working as a cowboy on a Texas ranch and enjoying the competitions between his ranch and others- events to which came hundreds of men and women. It was a time to compete in feats of horsemanship and a time to kindle flames. The only problem seemed to be that young men could read cattle brands much easier than they could read women.....
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| 0:00.0 | And the Yeah, Welcome back everyone to 1001 classic short stories and tales. Today a story from one of my |
| 0:35.5 | favorite cowboy authors Andy Adams. I give you a little background on him. He |
| 0:41.2 | began his writing career at the age of 43. His parents were pioneers and he grew up handling |
| 0:46.4 | cattle and horses on the family farm before moving to Texas in the 1880s where he spent 10 years |
| 0:52.2 | driving cattle. He failed at a business venture and then attempted |
| 0:56.3 | gold mining, finally settling in Colorado Springs in 1894 where he lived until his death. |
| 1:05.5 | As a writer he would draw heavily on that experience when he began writing. Disgusted by the unrealistic cowboy fiction being |
| 1:10.2 | published at the time, Andy Adams took it upon himself to provide a better account |
| 1:15.0 | and draw heavily on his first-hand experiences to write the log of a cowboy in 1903. |
| 1:21.3 | By almost all accounts, Andy Adams succeeded in his effort to produce a realistic portrait of life on the trail, |
| 1:28.0 | and it's still widely considered the most compelling and accurate portrayal of cowboy life ever written. |
| 1:35.0 | One of his books was called a Texas matchmaker and today I'm going to bring you |
| 1:40.1 | chapter 12 titled The Summer of 77. |
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| 1:53.4 | Thank you. Oh just a short note for all of you listening. |
| 1:57.1 | This story might give you guys some real insight |
| 2:00.9 | as to how women really think and act. And now Chapter 12, Summer of 77, |
| 2:07.2 | from the book A Texas Matchmaker by Andy Adams. During our trip into Mexico the fall before, |
| 2:15.0 | DeWeese contracted for 3,000 cows at 2 haciendas on the Rio San Juan. |
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