The Humor of the American Cowboy - Softcover

Stanley Hoig

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803273592 ISBN 13: 9780803273597

Publisher: Bison Books, 2006

Synopsis

To the cowboy, for whom the world was a circus of creation, nothing was beyond the scope of laughter. His fertile imagination could produce trail drives of dry-land terrapins, cowboy firing squads for fighting game roosters, and a breed of ""honk-honk birds"" that could outrun a horse. He used humor to express his fondness for the West, to exchange sarcasms with railroaders, to teach lessons to tenderfeet, and even sometimes to laugh at death.In The Humor of the American Cowboy, Stan Hoig presents an authentic collection of tall tales, anecdotes, yarns, jokes, and humorous incidents of the Old West that not only entertain but also focus attention on a sometimes overlooked phase of cowboy life.

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Review:

"The whole gives many a chuckle, as wry and dry as the land whence they came. . . . The drawings by Eggenhofer are among the best he has ever done."--San Francisco Chronicle--San Francisco Chronicle

"A duke's mixture of mirth, irony and downright horseplay, made vivid by the brushpopper's salty imagery and remarkable aptitude for precisely the wrong word in the right place."--New York Times Book Review--New York Times Book Review

About the Author:

Stan Hoig is professor emeritus of journalism at the University of Central Oklahoma, USA. His other books include The Sand Creek Massacre, Perilous Pursuit: The U. S. Cavalry and the Northern Cheyennes, and The Battle of the Washita: The Sheridan-Custer Indian Campaign of 1867-69, available in a Bison Books edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bison Books
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0803273592
• ISBN 13: 9780803273597
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 200