Cowboy - The Illustrated History

Heres a book as big and beautiful as the West itself, dedicated tothe larger-than-life figure who symbolises the American spirit.Whether the straight-shooting hero from a John Wayne movie or thelawless gunslinger spreading mayhem, the cowboy lassos theimagination and just wont let go. On these magnificentlyillustrated pages unfold cowboy life and legend, cowboys around theworld, the cowboys ranching roots, modern-day cowboys, cowboy foodand fun, and the cowboy in film and popular culture. Quotationsfrom Western poems, songs, and novels offer contemporaryperspectives, as do the old-time posters and nostalgicadvertisements. Theres also absorbing background on black cowboys,vaqueros, women who rode the range, and rodeos.