The Cowboy EncyclopediaWith 450 broad-ranging entries, The Cowboy Encyclopedia is an informative, comprehensive, and entertaining reference to the history and culture of cowboys. From Clint Eastwood, cattle drives, Buffalo Bill Cody, and outlaws to John Wayne, rodeos, roundups, and the Cisco Kid, Richard W. Slatta's The Cowboy Encyclopedia is a one-of-a-kind reference to the people, places, equipment and dress, historical events, terminology, and cultural imagery surrounding the cowboys of both North and South America. Extensively cross-referenced and expertly researched, The Cowboy Encyclopedia is a must for the serious student of cowboy life and Western Americana, as well as an enjoyable treat for the armchair cowboy. In this fascinating volume, myth and reality come together to provide a detailed exploration into how and why the romantic cowboy image came into being. Through numerous topical entries that study the role of cowboys in art, literature, and film, to briefer subject entries focusing on cowboy terminology, readers can take away an insightful and broad perspective of the cowboy culture and its powerful influence over America's vision of the Western frontier.
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Contents
Film and Videotape Sources | 413 |
Periodicals | 419 |
Western Cultural Happenings | 425 |
Illustration Credits | 455 |
Common terms and phrases
Alberta album American Cowboy American West Anglo cowboys animals Argentina artists Association Autry B-western became beef began boots branding breed bronc Buffalo Bill bull California Canadian catde cattle charro Cheyenne Cody Colloquial term Country Music cow towns cowboy culture Cowboy Poetry cowboy songs cowboy's cowgirls cowhand early firearms formula westerns frontier gaucho Gene Autry Hall of Fame hands Hat Acts herd hero horn huasos humor hunting Indians industry John land leather litde livestock llanero llanos longhorn magazine Mexican Mexico Michael Martin Murphey Montana mounts movie Murphey Museum Native Americans nineteenth century North Oklahoma Old West paintings pampas performed plains played popular prairie published quarter horse ranch ranchers range rawhide Remington rider riding rodeo role rope roundup Roy Rogers saddle saloon singer singing Slatta South Spanish spurs stars stirrups stories television Texas Tom Mix traditional trail drives vaqueros Wayne Wild West shows women writing wrote Wyoming
References to this book
Herbert E. Bolton and the Historiography of the Americas Russell M. Magnaghi,Herbert Eugene Bolton No preview available - 1998 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Cowboy Encyclopedia |
| Author | Richard W. Slatta |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint, reissue, revised |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company, 1996 |
| ISBN | 0393314731, 9780393314731 |
| Length | 476 pages |
| Subjects | › History / Reference |
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