Synopsis
Author John R. Erickson, creator of Hank the Cowdog, here sets out to answer the questions. Who is this cowboy? Where did he come from and where is the today? On the one hand he is a common man: a laborer, a hired hand who works for wages. Yet in his lonely struggle against nature and animal cunning, he becomes larger than life. "We meet the modern cowboy (his dress depends on weather, chores, and vanity) and follow him through the year: spring roundup, branding and 'working' the calves; spotting problem animals and cutting them from the herd; repairing windmills and mending fences; fall roundup, and feeding animals in winter... This is a lively portrait, sure to appeal to all Western buffs."
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About the Author
John R. Erickson, born in Midland, Texas, and raised in the Texas Panhandle town of Perryton, is a fifth-generation Texan with ranching roots back to the 1850s. He graduated from the University of Texas and studied at the Harvard Divinity School, but made his living on horseback while pursuing his writing. His Hank the Cowdog series has become a national favorite. He and his wife run their own ranch and commercial beef cattle operation. A member of the Texas Institute of Letters, Erickson has been profiled in Southern Living, American Cowboy Magazine, and on CBS’s Evening News with Dan Rather. He is the author of seven books in UNT Press’s Western Life Series.
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"Erickson has caught the ambience of the working cowboy, what he loves to do, and what he must do to keep a ranch operating day-to-day and season-to-season. In doing this, he actually provides an account of how much cowboying has changed in the hundred or so years of its existence."
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The Modern Cowboy
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University of Nebraska Press, 1984
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ISBN 13: 9780803267077
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Paper. Condition: Near Fine. B/W Photographs (illustrator). First Thus. This is a 248 page `HOW-TO' for the current day cowboy. It covers pastures, yearling operations, dehorning, wear, cattle hauling, colts, winter work, providing water, calving, roping, branding, etc. The text is complemented by b/w photos. The setting is usually the LZ Ranch in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Cond : Paper wrapper is white with black lettering. Colour cover photo is of a steer being roped by two cowboys in the sagebrush country. Very minor chips at some edges and corners. Spine fine, colours bright, binding tight. No names, marks, creases nor tears. Clean - no stains. Giftable !! Quote (p. 37) : " . producing tension in the tenant house. I have seen many a young cowboy leave the profession to save his marriage, and others who did not leave soon enough. One of the quickest ways to lose a cowboy is to make his wife unhappy, for to one degree or another she must . ." Size: 16mo. Seller Inventory # 003187
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