The American cowboy Print
Harold McCracken
- New York. Doubleday & Company 1973
- 196 p. Paintings and drawings included. Hardback book.
On cover: "A popular history with full-color paintings and drawing by famous artists of the old West."
Not folklore but history -- In the beginning -- The first horses in America -- The horse traveled fast -- Tread of the longhorns -- The wild herds -- Texas longhorn bonanza -- Longhorns in a thousand thickets -- Men to match the longhorns -- The Chisholm trail -- The great transition -- The cattle barons -- The Northern plains cowboy -- Causes for conflict -- White catastrophe -- Climax in violence -- End of an era.
"The American Cowboy" is a celebration of not only the unique group of men called the 'cowboy' as a part of American history in the old West, but of the very special world that they created and inhabited. With sympathy and impeccable authority, Harold McCracken records here the origins, development, and achievements of a group of authentic American heroes and pays tribute to their particular plac ein our national heritage.
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