Shorty's yarns : western stories and poems of Bruce Kiskaddon / illustrations by Katherine Field ; edited and with an introduction by Bill Siems.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kiskaddon, Bruce, 1878-1950, author.

Contributor:

Field, Katherine, 1908- illustrator.

Siems, Bill, 1945- writer of introduction.

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Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ranch life--Literary collections.

Ranch life.

Cowboys--Literary collections.

Cowboys.

West (U.S.)--Literary collections.

West (U.S.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (195 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Utah State University, University Libraries 2004

Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Set in Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, the stories are a loosely tied string of old timer's yarns with a continuing cast of engaging characters, whom Kiskaddon avoids reducing to cowboy stereotypes. They include, as Siems describes them, ""Kiskaddon himself as the character Shorty. As a common waddy with a small man's feistiness and a young man's mischief, Shorty encounters the wicked world with a succession of companions: Bill, high-headed and a bit of an outlaw; Rildy Briggs, untamable and unstoppable young cowgirl; and Ike, an old-fashioned dandy and 'a very fortunate person.' More

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations & Poems

Introduction ~ An Uncommon Waddy

Acknowledgments

A Note on the Text

CHAPTER 1 ~ AUTOBIOGRAPHY

CHAPTER 2 ~ STARTIN' OUT

CHAPTER 3 ~ INTRODUCING BILL

CHAPTER 4 ~ BILL AND RILDY BRIGGS

CHAPTER 5 ~ BILL SAYS GOODBYE

CHAPTER 6 ~ SHORTY AND THE PROFESSORS

CHAPTER 7 ~ SHORTY GOES HOME

CHAPTER 8 ~ INTRODUCING IKE

CHAPTER 9 ~ RUSTLERS AND ROMANCE

CHAPTER 10 ~ HELL AMONG THE YEARLIN'S

CHAPTER 11 ~ LAST STORIES

Afterword for the City Dweller ~ The Old Night Hawk

Notes

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed September 04 2025)

ISBN:

9786613283443

9781283283441

1283283441

9780874215298

0874215293

OCLC:

476107839