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The cowboy encyclopedia / Richard W. Slatta.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Slatta, Richard W., 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cowboys--America--Encyclopedias.
- Cowboys.
- Cowboys--West (U.S.)--Encyclopedias.
- Frontier and pioneer life--America--Encyclopedias.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)--Encyclopedias.
- Manners and customs.
- America--Social life and customs--Encyclopedias.
- America.
- West (U.S.)--Social life and customs--Encyclopedias.
- West (U.S.).
- Genre:
- Encyclopedias.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 476 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- New York : W.W. Norton, 1996.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- In this fascinating volume, myth and reality come together to provide a detailed exploration into how and why the romantic cowboy image came into being. Through numerous topical entries that study the role of cowboys in art, literature, and film, to briefer subject entries focusing on cowboy terminology, readers can take away an insightful and broad perspective of the cowboy culture and its powerful influence over America's vision of the Western frontier.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, ©1994.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-453) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781576076576
- 1576076571
- Publisher Number:
- 99990102161
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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