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Synopsis
These recollections, given by the cowboy Ray Holmes, alternate between practical chapters, such as "Some Talk About Calves and Calving", and chapters describing Holmes's life as a working cowboy.
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About the Author
Margot Liberty, widely known as an anthropologist specializing in Northern Plains Indians and ranching culture, is the author, coauthor, or editor of Cheyenne Memories, with John Stands In Timber; A Northern Cheyenne Album, with photographs by Thomas B. Marquis; Working Cowboy: Recollections of Ray Holmes; A Cheyenne Voice: The Complete John Stands In Timber Interviews; and Songs and Snippets: Poems of Margot Liberty.
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Details the life of a cowboy who works on a ranch rather than in Hollywood or the White House. Holmes, Wyoming-born in 1911, talked to anthropologist Liberty and writer Head about his family and childhood, calves and calving, horses, school, cattle, the Depression, jobs and marriage, herd management, breaking horses, gear, and being a cowboy during
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Working Cowboy: Recollections of Ray Holmes
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Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 1995
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Working Cowboy: Recollections of Ray Holmes
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Working Cowboy: Recollections of Ray Holmes
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Univ of Oklahoma Press, Norman and London, 1995
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Working Cowboy: Recollections of Ray Holmes
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ISBN 10: 0806126922
ISBN 13: 9780806126920
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Bound in brown this 1995 first University of Oklahoma book is in near fine condition and signed by Ray Holmes. The dust jacket is equally near fine. Born in 1911, Holmes lived his life in Wyoming and is the working cowboy of this story, which is illustrated with numerous black and white photographs and is indexed. Seller Inventory # 001186
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Working Cowboy: Recollection of Ray Holmes
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University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, 1995
ISBN 10: 0806126922
ISBN 13: 9780806126920
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. INSCRIBED FIRST EDITION in brown leatherette with gilt titling, photographic dust jacket, inscribed by author Margot Liberty on title page, forward by Richard Slatta, frontis. of Holmes on horseback, illustrations (listed), 261pp. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket (in mylar protection). Delivered by a horse-and-buggy doctor in a 1911 blizzard near Hulett, Wyoming, Holmes spent nearly his whole life on horseback herding cattle and the other ranch jobs required by a working cowboy. Signed. Seller Inventory # 7197-7147
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