Welcome to the Essential Novelists book series

We present to you the best works of remarkable authors. For this book, the literary critic August Nemo has chosen the two most important and meaningful novels of Andy Adams which are The Log of a Cowboy and Wells Brothers.

Andy Adams was an American writer of western fiction. Although the book is fiction, it is based on Adams's own experiences, and it is considered by many to be literature's best account of cowboy life. Adams was disgusted by the unrealistic cowboy fiction being published in his time; The Log of a Cowboy was his response. It is still in print, and even modern reviewers consider it compelling.

The Chicago Herald said: "As a narrative of cowboy life, Andy Adams's book is clearly the real thing. It carries its own certificate of authentic first-hand experience on every page."

Novels selected for this book

The Log of a Cowboy

Wells Brothers

This is one of many books in the series Essential Novelists. If you liked this book, look for the other titles in the series, we are sure you will like some of the authors.