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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity Press of Kansas
ISBN-100700603905
ISBN-139780700603909
eBay Product ID (ePID)869860
Product Key Features
Book TitleCowboy Culture : a Saga of Five Centuries
Number of Pages384 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1989
TopicUnited States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / General, Sociology / Rural
IllustratorYes
FeaturesReprint
GenreSocial Science, History
AuthorDavid Dary
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight19.1 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN88-030449
Reviews"Immensely readable. A classic is what I label it."-- Dee Brown , author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, "Immensely readable. A classic is what I label it."- Dee Brown , author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Dewey Edition19
Dewey Decimal978
Edition DescriptionReprint
Table Of ContentForeword 1. The Spanish Roots 2. Moving North 3. The Californiano Culture 4. The Texian Culture 5. The Mixing of Cultures 6. Texas Trails North 7. The Civil War and Change 8. On the Open Range 9. Trail Herds to Railheads 10. Where the Trails Ended 11. On the Northern Ranges 12. Ranch House Culture 13. Bunkhouse Culture 14. End of the Open-Range Culture Epilogue Notes A Bibliography for the General Reader Index
SynopsisThe 500-year saga of the "real cowboy"--from fifteenth century Mexico to the twentieth century American West., A nationwide bestseller--with more than 65,000 copies in print since publication by Alfred A. Knopf in 1981, this fascinating chronicle of cowboy life and legend is now available in a trade paperback edition. It's the 500-year saga of the "real cowboy"--from fifteenth-century Mexico to the twentieth-century American West.