Men of the Open Range - Softcover

Logan, Mike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1560442476 ISBN 13: 9781560442479

Publisher: Buglin' Bull Press, 1993

Synopsis

Men of the Open Range is the third book of cowboy poetry from Mike Logan, and his third book to open with a piece named after and inspired by a famed Charlie Russell painting.  Like Charlie before him, Mike laments the progress that is steadily infiltrating his treasured Wild West, and many of the poems in Men of the Open Range rail against the movement to change "our high pure mountain valleys to somethin' not so different from L.A. streets and alleys."   Logan applies his signature wit, warmth, and humor to create poems that are "studied, not so much in the academic sense, but in his intimate familiarity with the style, the techniques, and perhaps most importantly, the traditions of the West."

About this title

From the Publisher

Mike Logan's poetry is a celebration of the way of life on the ranches of Montana. It was fifteen years of photographing the sometimes gentle, sometimes brutal, always beautiful rhythms of ranch life that led him to begin trying to capture its natural meter and rhyme in words as well as on film. Logan's poems, though written for fun, are painstakingly crafted. Along the trail they have gained him international recognition as a poet and reciter. Logan has been a host and featured poet at the Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada. He has recited his poetry all over the western United States and Canada. Appearing all over the western United States and Canada. Appearing frequently on U.S. and Canadian television, Logan was a featured poet on the 1991 John Denver Christmas Special, "Montana Christmas Skies." Author and photographer of three books of photography and verse and two books and tapes of cowboy poetry, Mike Logan still views his poetry as just for fun.

About the Author

Veteran photographer and cowboy poet Mike Logan's lifelong interest in ranch life has spurred him to capture his observations on film and in verse. Mike grew up in Kansas but adopted Montana as his home state in 1968 and remains there today. A high school teacher for 25 years, Mike retired in 1991. A passion for trout fishing led him to a new career as a wildlife photographer; a companion career writing cowboy poetry evolved soon after. Mike's keen insight and expansive western spirit have won him national acclaim, both as a featured poet and emcee at The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada, and as a guest on John Denver's 1991 "Montana Christmas Skies" television special. Author of numerous books and recognized in 2006 as the Will Rogers Male Cowboy Poet of the Year, Mike has appeared on TV and traveled the country sharing his enthusiasm and creative interpretations of life in the West. His words and photographs have also been published in numerous books, magazines, and calendars.  After more than fifty years in the Treasure State, the southeast Kansas native still tells his two sons, Mark and Sean, that he envies them growing up in Montana.

About this edition

• Publisher: Buglin' Bull Press
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 1560442476
• ISBN 13: 9781560442479
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 80