The mythical cowboy on horseback, six shooter in hand, has come to displace a far more remarkable and genuinely heroic figure: the real working cowboy.
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Ted Stone, author of the highly successful It's Hardly Worth Talking If You're Going to Tell the Truth, has been collecting stories on the North American West for 25 years. His numerous titles include 100 Years of Cowboy Stories, A Roundup of Cowboy Humour, Alberta History Along the Highway, British Columbia History Along the Highways and Waterways and It's So Cold on the Prairies: Wit and Wisdom About the Winter.
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Librería: Eric James, Lewisporte, NL, Canada
Soft Cover. Condición: Fine. First Edition. Trade paperback, 263 pages; very clean and unmarked unread condition. See also our listings for Andy Russell's The Canadian Cowboy: Stories of Cows, Cowboys, and Cayuses, and for L. V. Kelly's The Range Men: The Story of the Ranchers and Indians of Alberta, and for Phyllis Fenner's Two-volume Set: Indians, Indians, Indians : Stories of Tepees and Tomahawks, Wampum Belts and War Bonnets, Peace Pipes and Papooses, PLUS Cowboys, Cowboys, Cowboys: Stories of Roundups & Rodeos, Branding & Bronco-Busting (buy two or more and save on postage!). Nº de ref. del artículo: 004568
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Librería: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Nº de ref. del artículo: G0889951691I4N00
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Librería: B-Line Books, Amherst, NS, Canada
Softcover. Condición: Very Good+. Stiff unmarked book in crisp covers.; 8.27 X 5.29 X 0.68 inches; 263 pages. Nº de ref. del artículo: 43149
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Librería: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, Reino Unido
Condición: Very Good. Some water damage. Nº de ref. del artículo: 073228-3
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Librería: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, Canada
Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. First Edition. In these 263 pages the author has gathered together 20 Western Classics by approx. 15 different writers; who include Charles Siringo, Frank S. Hastings, and Andy Adams. Includes a biblio and opening remarks titled `Home on the Range' which explains historically how the cattle drives came about. Titles of three pieces, for flavour : `Shanghai Pierce and the Flapjacks', `What the Cowboy Wore', and `On a Tare in Wichita, Kansas '. A few decorative illustrations - b/w. Read more about : Teddy Blue, rope-corral, open-range, remuda, beef-steers, tenderfoot, tally and Hoodlum Driver. Cond : Paper wrapper is a wrap around colour photo of punchers pushing cattle towards corrals. Red and yellow lettering. Volume is tight, bright, square, and clean. No names, marks, creases, tears, nor stains. One minor corner bump. Giftable ! ! Quote (p. 72) : " In its present form stock-raising on the plains is doomed, and can hardly outlast the century. The great free ranches, with their barbarous, picturesque, and curiously fascinating surroundings, mark a primitive stage of existence as surely as do the great tracts of primeval ._._._. . " Size: 8vo. Nº de ref. del artículo: 006687
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Librería: Goulds Book Arcade, Sydney, Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Paperback. Condición: Very Good. 263 pages. The cover has a little wear.The page edges are moderately tanned. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Nº de ref. del artículo: 184744
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