Prairie Belle: A Story of the Frontier by EDWARD LeROY SHARPE 1916 Cowboy Poetry ~ Corvallis, Oregon Author

Title: Prairie Belle: A Story of the Frontier

Author: Edward LeRoy Sharpe

Description: Second Edition. Brown wraps with pictorial on front cover. Light soiling on front cover; yapped edges of covers have short tears and are a bit chipped. Previous owner's name in pencil on first blank page, otherwise interior is generally clean. Frontispiece portrait of the author. pp. 60, [1]. 7 x 4.5 inches.

A story in verse: a tale of cowboys, emigrants warring with Indians, an orphaned girl, and riding on the plains along the North Platte to Wyoming.

Edward LeRoy Sharpe (1871-1944) was born in Illinois and moved to Oregon in 1877 with his family. He resided for many years at Philomath and moved to Corvallis in the later part of the 1920s. His verse often appeared in the pages of the Corvallis Gazette.

Binding: Soft Cover/Wraps
Condition: Good

Publisher: Benton County Courier
Place: Corvallis, Oregon
Year: 1916

Keywords: cowboy poetry, Oregon author, western,