Authors:David Stanley, Elaine Thatcher,
Publisher: University of Illinois Pre
Keywords: cowboy, poetry, poets
Number of Pages: 408
Published: 1999-12-03
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 025206836X
ISBN-13: 9780252068362
In bunkhouses or rodeo arenas, on the trail or around the campfire, cowboys have been creating and reciting poetry since the 1870s. In this comprehensive overview, folklorists, scholars, and cowboy poets join forces to explore the 125-year history and development of cowboy poetry and to celebrate those who sustain it. Centered around six areas of focus, from historical background to biographical profiles to creative process, "Cowboy Poets and Cowboy Poetry" approaches the tradition of occupational folk poetry from a variety of perspectives. Contributors trace its history as an extension of the
Author: Robert McDowell
Publisher: Story Line Press
Keywords: cowboy, contemporary, writing, mainstream, abilene, poetry, matters
Number of Pages: 274
Published: 2000-04-01
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 1885266898
ISBN-13: 9781885266897
For years, Cowboy Poetry has been seen by readers of mainstream American poetry as a marginal art. Cowboy Poetry Matters is the first book of its kind to dispel this idea by creating a dialogue between contemporary mainstream poets and traditional Cowboy poets. Spurred by Dana Gioia’s essay, "Can Poetry Matter?," Paul Zarzyski responds with "The Lariati Versus/Verses the Literati: Loping Towards Dana Gioia’s Dream Come Real," a compelling essay in which an historical bridge is built between the urban contemporary canon and the rural pasture land. Cowboy Poetry Matters brings togeth
Author:
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Keywords: cowboy
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2009-10-01
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 1423606426
ISBN-13: 9781423606420
How to be a Cowboy is A compendium of knowledge and insight, wit and wisdom, an all around resource for every aspect of cowboy life. (20091130)
Author: Dan Liebman
Publisher: Firefly Books
Keywords: cowboy
Number of Pages: 24
Published: 1999-09-01
List price: $3.99
ISBN-10: 1552094324
ISBN-13: 9781552094327
The new "I Want to Be" series is sure to appeal to children and parents alike. With full-color photographs throughout and straightforward, engaging and informative text, they are a great value. Every child has concepts and dreams about what they want to do when they grow up and adults all remember the black and white books that depicted the life of a veterinarian, policeman or other vocations. This new series is thoroughly modern and colorful. The firefighters, pilots and cow"boys" depicted are women and men. The aircraft and firefighting equipment are the most modern, from wate
Author: Various
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: songs, cowboy
Number of Pages: 396
Published: 2009-04-30
List price: $33.75
ISBN-10: 0559077696
ISBN-13: 9780559077692
Author: Fay E. Ward
Publisher: Dover Publications
Keywords: work, cowboy
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2003-08-05
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0486426998
ISBN-13: 9780486426990
An old-time cowboy colorfully describes every detail of the working cowhand’s life and job. Captivating reading for working cowboys and illustrated with 600 drawings and diagrams by the author, this book is also as indispensable for the dude ranch wrangler as it is for the armchair bronc-buster and anyone interested in cowboy life.
Author: Heather Miller
Publisher: Heinemann Library
Keywords: cowboy
Number of Pages: 24
Published: 2002-11
List price: $6.49
ISBN-10: 1403405883
ISBN-13: 9781403405883
