The Cowboy: Six-Shooters, Songs, and Sex |
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| Editor:
| Harris, Charles W.
Rainey, Buck |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8061-1341-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1976 |
| Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $19.95 |
Book Description:
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One of America?s unique contributions to world culture, the cowboy has captured the imagination of people everywhere. In The Cowboy: Six-Shooters, Songs, and Sex, eight renowned western writers report on what the cowboys really were like and what they are like today. Contributors detail how the cowboys lived, loved, and died, how they fared when ranchers switched from running cattle to entertaining dudes, and how the media have depicted the cowboy.
One of America?s unique contributions to world culture, the cowboy has captured the imagination of people everywhere. In The Cowboy: Six-Shooters, Songs, and Sex, eight renowned western writers report on what the cowboys really were like and what they are like today. Contributors detail how the cowboys lived, loved, and died, how they fared when ranchers switched from running cattle to entertaining dudes, and how the media have depicted the cowboy.