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Jack Thorp's Songs of the Cowboys (Paperback)
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Jack Thorp's Songs of the Cowboys (Paperback)
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In 1908 a local rancher and surveyor by the name of N Howard 'Jack'
Thorp walked into the cramped offices of the Estancia News in
Estancia, New Mexico, and inquired of the printer about publishing
a small book of 'cowboy songs'. For at least nineteen years, Thorp
had sought out cowboy ballads and poems from across the west --
from New Mexico and Texas to Wyoming and Utah, and had written a
few ditties himself. The finished volume, printed for just six
cents a copy, included twenty-three songs and was the first book
published devoted exclusively to cowboy songs. Thorp is recognised
for being the first person to take a serious interest in collecting
and preserving the ballads penned by ranchers to calm cattle on the
range. This new edition of an oft-reprinted classic features an
essay by western historian and musician Mark Gardner, and line
illustrations by noted western artists and rancher Ron Kil.
Included with the book is a CD of a recording of a selection of
songs and poems taken from both the original 1908 edition and 1921
expanded second edition. In their renditions, Gardner and Rex
Rideout recreate the historic music preserved by Thorp with vintage
instruments and authentic styles.
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