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The Modern Cowboy (Paperback, Second Edition)
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The Modern Cowboy (Paperback, Second Edition)
Series: Western Life
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Discovery Miles 3 600
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"The American cowboy is a mythical character who refuses to die,"
says author John R. Erickson. On the one hand he is a common man: a
laborer, a hired hand who works for wages. Yet in his lonely
struggle against nature and animal cunning, he becomes larger than
life. Who is this cowboy? Where did he come from and where is he
today? Erickson addresses these questions based on firsthand
observation and experience in Texas and Oklahoma. And in the
process of describing and defining the modern working cowboy-his
work, his tools and equipment, his horse, his roping technique, his
style of dress, his relationships with his wife and his
employer-Erickson gives a thorough description of modern ranching,
the economic milieu in which the cowboy operates. The first edition
of this book was published in 1981. For this second edition
Erickson has thoroughly revised and expanded the book to discuss
recent developments in cowboy culture, making The Modern Cowboy the
most up-to-date source on cowboy and ranch life today. "We meet the
modern cowboy (his dress depends on weather, chores, and vanity)
and follow him through the year: spring roundup, branding and
'working' the calves; spotting problem animals and cutting them
from the herd; repairing windmills and mending fences; fall
roundup, and feeding animals in winter. . . . This is a lively
portrait, sure to appeal to all Western buffs."- Publishers Weekly
"For a straightforward, highly readable account of today's cowboy,
you can't do better. . . . Informative, engaging, and clearly the
real thing."- Kirkus Reviews "Erickson has caught the ambience of
the working cowboy, what he loves to do, and what he must do to
keep a ranch operating day-to-day and season-to-season. In doing
this, he actually provides an account of how much cowboying has
changed in the hundred or so years of its existence."- Western
American Literature
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