Synopsis
The American cowboy is a mythical character who refuses to die, says author John R. Erickson. On the one hand he is a common man: a laborer, a hired hand who works for wages. Yet in his lonely struggle against nature and animal cunning, he becomes larger than life. Who is this cowboy? Where did he come from and where is he today? Erickson addresses these questions based on firsthand observation and experience in Texas and Oklahoma. And in the process of describing and defining the modern working cowboy - his work, his tools and equipment, his horse, his roping technique, his style of dress, his relationships with his wife and his employer - Erickson gives a thorough description of modern ranching, the economic milieu in which the cowboy operates. The first edition of this book was published in 1981. For this second edition Erickson has thoroughly revised and expanded the book to discuss recent developments in cowboy culture, making The Modern Cowboy the most up-to-date source on cowboy and ranch life today.
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"Erickson has caught the ambience of the working cowboy, what he loves to do, and what he must do to keep a ranch operating day-to-day and season-to-season. In doing this, he actually provides an account of how much cowboying has changed in the hundred or so years of its existence."
About the Author
John R. Erickson, a fifth-generation Texan, was born in Midland and raised in the Panhandle town of Perryton. He worked as a ranch cowboy, farm hand, and handyman while writing four hours each morning. He and his wife, Kristine, now run their own ranch and a commercial beef cattle operation. In 1982 Erickson created the Hank the Cowdog series, with sales now of more than six million copies. He is also the author of Catch Rope: The Long Arm of the Cowboy; Through Time and the Valley; LZ Cowboy: A Cowboy's Journal, 1979-1981; Panhandle Cowboy; Some Bables Grow Up To Be Cowboys; and Friends, all published by the University of North Texas Press. Kristine C. Erickson has published her photographs in numerous magazines and has illustrated seven books by Erickson on cowboys and ranch life.
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The Modern Cowboy
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University of Nebraska Press, 1984
ISBN 10: 080326707X
ISBN 13: 9780803267077
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The Modern Cowboy
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Paper. Condition: Near Fine. B/W Photographs (illustrator). First Thus. This is a 248 page `HOW-TO' for the current day cowboy. It covers pastures, yearling operations, dehorning, wear, cattle hauling, colts, winter work, providing water, calving, roping, branding, etc. The text is complemented by b/w photos. The setting is usually the LZ Ranch in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Cond : Paper wrapper is white with black lettering. Colour cover photo is of a steer being roped by two cowboys in the sagebrush country. Very minor chips at some edges and corners. Spine fine, colours bright, binding tight. No names, marks, creases nor tears. Clean - no stains. Giftable !! Quote (p. 37) : " . producing tension in the tenant house. I have seen many a young cowboy leave the profession to save his marriage, and others who did not leave soon enough. One of the quickest ways to lose a cowboy is to make his wife unhappy, for to one degree or another she must . ." Size: 16mo. Seller Inventory # 003187
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