Using a wide variety of primary sources, describes the life and work of the nineteenth-century cowboy, who became such a popular folk hero that his influence is still felt in American life.
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Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Good. Seller Inventory # mon0003117768
Seller: Cornerstone Books, Santa Ana, CA, U.S.A.
Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. This work is one volume in the series "The Living History Library." It is a different approach to America's past, using original sources--letters, diaries, documents, maps, songs, speeches and illustrations on the period--to tell the history of the United States in the words of the people who shaped it. In this work, the author draws from a rich reservoir of the little-known memoirs and cowboys' autobiographies, to tell us something fresh and significant about these people and the historical era that produced them. The book contains photographs, illustrations, music, song notes, a bibliography, and an index. This HARDCOVER copy is clean and solid. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, inscribed on the front pastedown. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 016993
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. Remainder mark on bottom page fine edges, cloth edges lightly faded, else near fine in a near fine dustwrapper with spine faded. Signed by the author on the front fly. Seller Inventory # 205580