pCowboy and drifter Frank Clifford lived a lot of lives--and raised a lot of hell--in the first quarter of his life. The number of times he changed his name--Clifford being just one of them--suggests that he often traveled just steps ahead of the law. During the 1870s and 1880s his restless spirit led him all over the Southwest, crossing the paths of many of the era's most notorious characters, most notably Clay Allison and Billy the Kid.ppMore than just an entertaining and informative narrative of his Wild West adventures, Clifford's memoir also paints a picture of how ranchers and ordinary folk lived, worked, and stayed alive during those tumultuous years. Written in 1940 and edited and annotated by Frederick Nolan, iDeep Trails in the Old Westi is likely one of the last eyewitness histories of the old West ever to be discovered.ppAs Frank Clifford, the author rode with outlaw Clay Allison's Colfax County vigilantes, traveled with Charlie Siringo, cowboyed on the Bell Ranch, contende