A Working Man's Apocrypha: Short Stories - Hardcover

William Luvaas (author)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0806138378 ISBN 13: 9780806138374

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press, 2007

Synopsis

In Working Cowboy, Margot Liberty and Barry Head present the oral history of Ray Holmes, a Wyoming cowboy born in 1911. Holmes has spent his life on horseback, herding cattle and doing other work with livestock. Since the time he rode his first horse, Holmes wanted nothing more than to be a cowboy--though his father insisted he would never make a living at it. The determination that started him on his dream has stayed with him throughout his life. Holmes remains a quiet man, averse to bragging but is candid and strongly opinionated.Practical chapters, such as “Some Talk about Cowboys” and “Some Talk about Calves and Calving,” alternate with chapters describing Holmes’s colorful life, including his coping with the blizzard of 1959, listening to the very first radio in the neighborhood, and sleeping with potatoes to keep them from freezing.

About this title

About the Author

William Luvaas, who teaches creative writing and literature at San Diego State University, is the author of The Seductions of Natalie Bach and Going Under.

His short fiction, reviews, and essays have appeared in the American Literary Review, Antioch Review, Cosmopolitan, The Village Voice, Harper?s Weekly, and Glimmer Train.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0806138378
• ISBN 13: 9780806138374
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224