Published by the University of Arizona Press of Tucson, AZ. First edition, third printing. Signed presentation copy with large drawing. See photos for condition, discoloration on endpapers. Biographical History Glenn Reynolds "Slim" Ellison was born in Globe, Arizona in 1891. He moved to the Rim Country with his family in 1898, and from that point on was a lifetime resident of the Payson area. His various "day jobs" included being a cowboy, cook, trapper, and rancher. Although having only four years of formal education, he became a self-taught artist and author. His three published books describe cowboyin' as it was in the Rim Country. Slim was a grandson of Colonel J. W. Ellison, who in 1885 established the Q Ranch, which became one of the larger cattle ranches in the Arizona Territory Glenn Reynolds "Slim" Ellison, cowboy, storyteller and author, was born to Pearl Grafton and Lourinda Frances (Price) Ellison in Globe, Arizona on July 19, 1891 and lived almost his entire life in Gila County. Ellison served at various periods as a cowboy, trail driver, homestead rancher, and camp cook in central Arizona and received little formal education. He was the nephew of Arizona's first governor, George W. P. Hunt. Glenn Ellison died in Globe, Arizona in January of 1983.