Language: English
Published by Ancient City Press, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1989
ISBN 10: 0941270440 ISBN 13: 9780941270441
Seller: Don's Book Store, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
First Edition
Trade Paperback. Condition: Fine. Powell, Mary - Design (illustrator). First Edition Stated. 225 Pages. Illustrated with 14 pages of black and white photographs. N. Howard ("Cowboy Jack") Thorp (1867-1940) is best known for his cowboy song collections and for his composition, 'Little Joe, the Wrangler,' but he also wrote many descriptions of cowboys and ranch life and collected stories, legends, songs, and customs of the Southwest. The accounts of cattle culture, lost mines, local characters, and outlaws in this collection are previously unpublished manuscripts submitted to the New Mexico Federal Writers' Project between 1936 and 1939.