Western Fiction Romance Adventure Love Ranch Life Moral Development Friendship
A Texas Matchmaker is a western novel published in 1904 by Andy Adams. It is a classic western, written by someone who lived the life.
The story is set on a ranch in South Texas in the 1870s, and tells of typical ranch life at the time, such as raising cattle and horses. It introduces us to the day-to-day of ranch life from brutal dawn-to-dusk labor to the occasional romantic courtship.
Immerse yourself in the world of the Wild West with this book that tells us about the harshness of cowboy life and how difficult it can be to find love in this kind of life.
The story details what it was like to drive cattle to various markets, how the weather affected cattle and their income, incidents of cattle rustling, fights, shootouts, going into debt to buy more land, or how the arrival of the railroad changed ranching.
You have to read it with the perspective of its time, as it has references to the native inhabitants who are quite unfortunate and prejudiced today.
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A Texas Matchmaker by Andy Adams is believed to be in the public domain in the United States only. It may still be copyrighted in other countries. If you are not in the United States, please check your local laws to ensure this eBook is in the public domain in your country before downloading A Texas Matchmaker in PDF or ePub.
Trail dust, dry humor, and a working knowledge of cattle. Adams writes the West without myth—contracts, seasons, wages, and the slow bloom of affection. It’s a romance grounded in competence, where character grows out of work done well.
Come for the ranch-life detail; stay for its ethics of reliability, community, and courtship without melodrama. A tonic if you prefer quiet decency over gunfire.
Place and trade shape people.
Trust earned, not declared.
Respect first, feeling next.
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Plainspoken Westerns about work, trail life, and crews that hold together.
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