Cattle Brands vs Crooked trails: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Cowboys, Frontier and pioneer life, Westerns, Social life and customs, Fiction
Cattle Brands
From the book:It was a wet, bad year on the Old Western Trail. From Red River north and all along was herd after herd waterbound by high water in the rivers. Our outfit lay over nearly a week on the South Canadian, but…
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Crooked trails
“"You have heard about the Texas Rangers?" said the Deacon to me one night in the San Antonio Club.”
In "Crooked Trails," Frederic Remington masterfully captures the vivid landscape of the American West, intertwining the narratives of frontier life with lush, impressionistic descriptions that reflect his artistic…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Cattle Brands has the widest readership — 182 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Cattle Brands | Crooked trails | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (182) | 3.6 (15) |
| Apple Books | 5.0 (7) | — |
Reception
| Cattle Brands | Crooked trails | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 182 | 15 |
| Editions | 16 | 17 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 122 | 15 |
| Reading it now | 88 | 2 |
| Written reviews | 9 | 3 |
| Pages | 176 | 150 |