Cowboy: an Album

New York: Ticknor & Fields, 1994. 1st American ed., first printing (full number line). Hardcover. Fine in fine jacket, with faint edge-wear. Please see photos. in fine dust-jacket. Oblong quarto in pale yellow and brown illus jacket; 96 pages: color illustrations; 24 cm; bibliographical references (page 94) and index. Very well illusatred, with numerous photos and drawings, chiefly in b&w. Contents: Part I: The historical cowboy. The birth of the cowboy -- Home sweet home -- "Git along, little dogies!" -- The cowboy's companion -- Tall in the saddle -- Ropes -- The cowboy's uniform -- Cowboyspeak -- Part II: Roundup. The daily grind -- Branding -- The long drive -- Chow time! -- Danger! -- The end of the trail -- Time to play -- The law and outlaws -- After the money's gone -- Part III: The closing of the west. The end of the cattle boom -- Part IV: Building the cowboy myth. Spreading the word -- Pictures of the past -- The changing western -- On the screen -- Building a western -- Ride'em, cowboy -- More than Texas lullabies -- Celebrating the cowboy around the world -- The cowboy's circus -- Part V: Cowboys today. The new generation -- The new old west. Standard No: ISBN: 0395684307; 9780395684306; National Library: (AMICUS)000012992263 LCCN: 93-11027 Abstract: An introduction to cowboys, their history, their daily life, famous cowboys and cowgirls, and portrayals of cowboys in modern films. Access: Materials specified: Contributor biographical informationhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0736/93011027-b.html Materials specified: Publisher descriptionhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/hm021/93011027.html SUBJECT(S) Descriptor: Cowboys -- West (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature. Cowboys -- Northwest, Canadian -- Juvenile literature. Cowboys. Cow-boys -- États-Unis (Ouest) -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. Cow-boys -- Nord-Ouest canadien -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. Cowboys -- Nord-Ouest canadien -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. Cowboys. Manners and customs. Cowhands -- West (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature. Cowhands -- Northwest, Canadian -- Juvenile literature. Cowhands. Cowhands. Juvenile works.West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature. Northwest, Canadian -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature. Nord-Ouest canadien -- Moeurs et coutumes -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. États-Unis (Ouest) -- Moeurs et coutumes -- Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. Canada -- Canadian Northwest. West United States.