Of Chiles, Cacti, and Fighting Cocks (Notes on the American West)

Turner, Frederick

ISBN 10: 0865474281 / ISBN 13: 9780865474284

Published by North Point Press, San Francisco, 1990

About this Item

usual library stamps, stickers and labels; shaken spine, light shelf wear; overall clean and tight. Size: Octavo.

Seller Inventory # 05858

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Of Chiles, Cacti, and Fighting Cocks (Notes on the American West)
• Publisher: North Point Press, San Francisco
• Publication Date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865474281
• ISBN 13: 9780865474284
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good (in mylar)
• Book Type: Ex-Library
• Seller catalogs:
  • Western Americana

About this title

Synopsis

Essays discuss mustangs, Billy the Kid, saguaro cactus, the image of the West, chili, Basque immigrants and cock fighting

Reviews

This is a book for every East-coast armchair cowboy; every child who grew up in the Old West of the imagination, not reality. Turner muses on the appeal of the cowboy and horses for generations of Americans and Europeans alike. He includes some interesting bits of history and local lore, including an ugly but compelling account of cockfighting. There is a lot of factual information about the Western states, but they're treated as an entity. Easterners may not find this annoying, but westerners will. Still, public libraries collecting regional literature will find this a readable and interesting choice.
- Kath arine Galloway Garstka, Intergraph Corp., Huntsville, Ala.
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