Andy Adams lived the cowboy life on the Texas plains. He later rendered those experiences in fiction to set Americans straight about life in the West.For this book, the critic August Nemo selected seven short stories by this author:

- Drifting North.

- Siegerman's Per Cent.

- "Bad Medicine".

- A Winter Round-Up.

- A College Vagabond.

- The Double Trail.

- Rangering.