Three Block Tom

DESCRIPTION: "We was trailin' some stolen cattle In the winder of '98 From the Sierra Capitanes Past Dry Red Lake." He and Tom are separated. He thinks he finds Tom in Lamy surrounded by insects. But Tom has gotten them to Kansas City and wants a ticket home
AUTHOR: N. Howard Thorp
EARLIEST DATE: 1921 (Thorp/Logsdon-SongsOfTheCowboys)
KEYWORDS: cowboy separation travel robbery bug
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Thorp/Logsdon-SongsOfTheCowboys, pp. 153-156, "Three Block Tom" (1 text)
File: ThLo153

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