Cowboy Poetry Classic Rhymes (Cowboy Poetry Classics)

Barker, S. Omar

ISBN 10: 0966209192 / ISBN 13: 9780966209198

Published by Cowboy Miner Productions, 1998

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SIGNED and Inscribed by Jodie and Bob Phillips (compiled poems) to previous owner! This is number 36 of 2000 copies. Book has light wear along edges; mild reading wear. Very bright and solid. Seller Inventory # ABE-1684330203805

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Title: Cowboy Poetry Classic Rhymes (Cowboy Poetry ...

Publisher: Cowboy Miner Productions

Publication Date: 1998

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Inscribed by Author

Edition: 1st Edition.

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Synopsis:

S. Omar Barker is considered one of the "Clic Cowboy Poets," and rightly so. His poetry is easily read or recited but is rich and open as the western sky. His words flow easily through clic rhyme and meter in a graceful and conversational style. Barker wrote with great affection for the West, its people, the land, but especially "The Cowboy." A keen observer of people and the land, his poetry is a reflection of the cowboy life and what the cowboy holds dear -- the land, his horse, his friends, a good joke, a finely spun yarn, or a blue-eyed mountain cowgirl. Anyone who appreciates the West will find the poetry of S. Omar Barker appealing. Like a Charlie Russell painting, his works create rich images in the mind. Fred Gipson, author of the clic "Ole Yeller" says of Barker's work "It's as western as sagebrush, authentic as a brush-scuffed old boot, and full of the warm-hearted humor that seems always to be a part of 'the men who ride where the range is wide.' " Omar was born in the rugged Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico. S. Omar Barker was a rancher, high school teacher, college professor, forest ranger, soldier, outdoorsman, and legislator. He is best known, and rightly so, as one of the West's best and most admired cowboy poets. He was named after his father Squire L. Barker but went by Omar. He often signed his books with his initials and trademark brand, "Lazy SOB."