Broncho Charlie: A Saga of the Saddle by Gladys Shaw Erskine. VERY SCARCE First British Edition.

Broncho Charlie: A Saga of the Saddle by Gladys Shaw Erskine.

Publisher: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd. London. VERY SCARCE First British Edition.

Good hardback with torn jacket. Brown cloth boards are quite marked, spine dulled down, rubbing to edges, no inscriptions. Binding firm, some foxing. Jacket is marked, rubbed, chipped and torn with some loss. Sellotape repairs to spine. 291 pages with b&w plates. All plates and maps present and in good condition including fold-out map.

Julius Mortimer "Bronc(h)o Charlie" Miller (December 1850 15 January 1955) was an American horse tamer and Pony Express rider. He was born on the trail in California to parents travelling west for the California Gold Rush. At the age of 11 Miller claimed to have become the youngest ever Pony Express rider, claiming to have done so after witnessing a horse arrive without its rider at the station in Sacramento. Miller then worked as a horse trainer, from which he earnt his nickname, including a period working on Teddy Roosevelt's cattle ranch. Afterwards he became a performer demonstrating roping techniques, horse riding and knife throwing. On his travels he met and married Carrie Potter, who joined and became a target girl in his act. Miller was known as a teller of "tall tales", though many of them were true. He stated that he joined the Canadian Army and fought in the First World War and also volunteered to serve in the Korean War. Miller claimed an acquaintance with many Old West figures including Bill Hickok, Jim Bridger, Calamity Jane, George Custer, the Marquis de Morès and Sitting Bull.

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