The Log of a Cowboy is a first-person account of a cattle drive north from Texas to the Blackfoot Reservation in Northern Montana. In this work Adams provided an accurate picture of the hardships and rewards of cowboy life. Adams's later novels similarly deal with aspects of the cattle business. The Outlet, for example, depicts the world of railway companies, contractors, and congressional lobbyists and their interests in the cattle business, while Reed Anthony, Cowman: An Autobiography is the story of a Confederate Army veteran who becomes a cattle rancher in Texas.