Cowboy Curmudgeon and Other Poems - Softcover

McRae, Wallace

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0879054638 ISBN 13: 9780879054632

Publisher: Gibbs Smith, 1992

Synopsis

Wally McRae, a regularly featured performer at the annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, has performed on a syndicated television program and at the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. He is the first cowboy poet to be granted a National Heritage Award. This book contains 94 of his poems, including such classics as "Reincarnation," along with 40 new poems published for the first time.

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From the Back Cover

Wally McRae is a classic among today's cowboy poets. He recites his poems regularly on a syndicated television program, "The West," and often is a featured performer at the annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko. He has performed at the National Cowboy Hall of Fame, among other places. In 1990 McRae became the first cowboy poet to be granted a National Heritage Award from the NEA in Washingto, D.C. And all this while managing his family's 30,000-acre cow-calf ranch in Forsyth, Montana.

McRae began writing poetry over twenty-five years ago in an attempt to record the values, humor and plight of his occupation. He leaves no western subject uncovered. His topics range from hat etiquette and hollyhocks to ballad-like tales and cowboy nostalgia. Three previous books of his poems have been published. This wonderful collection contains over fifty of his most popular poems, including classics such as "Reincarnation" and "Give Us a Son, Ian Tyson," along with forty new poems published here for the first time.

Edition details

• Publisher: Gibbs Smith
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879054638
• ISBN 13: 9780879054632
• Binding: Paperback