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The Roll Away Saloon : cowboy tales of the Arizona strip / Rowland W. Rider as told to Deirdre Murray Paulsen.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Rider, Rowland W., 1890-
Contributor:
Paulsen, Deirdre, 1945-
Series:
Western experience.
Western experience
Standardized Title:
Sixshooters and sagebrush
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Rider, Rowland W., 1890-.
Rider, Rowland W.
Frontier and pioneer life--Utah--Kanab Region.
Frontier and pioneer life.
Frontier and pioneer life--Arizona--Grand Canyon Region.
Frontier and pioneer life--Arizona--Arizona Strip.
Cowboys--Utah--Kanab Region--Biography.
Cowboys.
Cowboys--Arizona--Grand Canyon Region--Biography.
Cowboys--Arizona--Arizona Strip--Biography.
Folklore--Utah--Kanab Region.
Folklore.
Folklore--Arizona--Grand Canyon Region.
Folklore--Arizona--Arizona Strip.
Kanab Region (Utah)--Social life and customs.
Kanab Region (Utah).
Grand Canyon Region (Ariz.)--Social life and customs.
Grand Canyon Region (Ariz.).
Physical Description:
1 online resource (114 pages) : illustrations, maps
Edition:
1st ed.
Other Title:
Cowboy tales of the Arizona strip
Place of Publication:
Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, c1985.
Logan Utah State University Press, [2025]
Language Note:
English
System Details:
text file
Summary:
With his animated tales of Zane Grey, Butch Cassidy, and the Robbers Roost gang, Rider creates an engaging and believable picture of the joys and hardships of cowboy life.
Contents:
Intro
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
PART ONE AT HOME ON THE RANGE
The Roll Away Saloon
S 'n' Ostrich
Ground Owls
Betting Gold Pieces
Shoeing Little Dickie
Pal
Indian Trading
Fighting Stallions
Old Mose Indian
Indian Medicine
Butch Cassidy's Escape
Of Cowboys and Weather
Ten Requirements to Become a "Top-Notch Cowboy"
Cattle Brands on the Arizona Strip and in Kane County
Songs of the Range
PART TWO OF GUNS, GOLD AND NEAR STARVATION
Seven Bags of Gold
Buying Out Emett (Or, Looking Down the Barrel of a Six-Shooter)
Enter Zane Grey
The Black Stallion
Julius F. Stone Expedition
PART THREE CAPERS ON THE KAIBAB
Scaring President Roosevelt
The Death of Yellow Hammie
Roping Wild Steer
Riding the Points
The Lone Timber Wolf
Buffalo Jones "Outbuffalos" a Buffalo
"Darting" From a Buffalo
Branding Buffalo
Old Cattalo
Lightning in the Forest
Prospecting Without a Mule: Or, Tragedy in the Grand Canyon.
Notes:
Originally published: Sixshooters and sagebrush. Provo : Brigham Young University Press, c1979.
This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
Description based on print version record.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
1-4571-8068-5
0-87421-388-6
OCLC:
476233590

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