Ramon F. Adams

Ramon Frederick Adams (October 3, 1889 – April 29, 1976) was an American western folklorist who wrote about the history of cattlemen and gunmen. After an early career in violin performance and twenty-six years as a candy shop owner, he published 24 works about western histories including Six-Guns and Saddle Leather and Burs Under the Saddle. He was a member of the Texas Institute of Letters, the Western History Association, and the Southwest Writers.

Early life and education dams was born on October 3, 1889, in Moscow, Texas. Because his home was located along a cattle trail, Adams regularly came into contact with cowboys as a young boy. The cowboys would often have lunch at his family's home and describe their adventures to Adams.

He was a member of the Texas Institute of Letters, the Western History Association, and the Southwest Writers.

Publications

Poems of the Canadian West (1919) Western Story Magazine (1923) Cowboy Lingo (1936) Western Words: A Dictionary of the Range, Cow Camp, and Trail (1944) with Homer Britzman Charles M. Russell, the Cowboy Artist: A Biography (1948) Come an' Get It: The Story of the Old Cowboy Cook (1952) ed., The Best of the American Cowboy (1957) The Rampaging Herd: A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Men and Events in the Cattle Industry (1959) A Fitting Death for Billy the Kid (1960) The Old-Time Cowhand (1961) Burs Under the Saddle: A Second Look at Books and Histories of the West (1964) with Bob Kennon From the Pecos to the Powder: A Cowboy's Autobiography (1965) The Legendary West (1965) The Cowman and His Philosophy (1967) The Cowboy and his Humor (1968) Western Words: A Dictionary of the American West (1968) The Cowman and His Code of Ethics (1969) Six-Guns and Saddle Leather: A Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on Western Outlaws and Gunmen (1954; enlarged edition, 1969) The Cowman Says It Salty (1971) Horse Wrangler and His Remuda (1971) The Adams One-Fifty (1976) The Language of the Railroader (1977) More Burs Under the Saddle (1979)