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The Modern Cowboy.
by John R. Erickson
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0803218052
- ISBN 13
- 9780803218055
- Seller
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About This Item
University of Nebraska Press, 1981. Ex-Library. Hardcover. Very good. GREAT BOOK! MODERATE WEAR & RED PEN MARKS ON DUSTJACKET. LIGHTLY AGED PAGES, A FEW LIBRARY STAMPS, NO MARKS IN TEXT. Description: The American cowboy is a mythical character who refuses to die, says author John R. Erickson. On the one hand he is a common man: a laborer, a hired hand who works for wages. Yet in his lonely struggle against nature and animal cunning, he becomes larger than life. Who is this cowboy? Where did he come from and where is he today? Erickson addresses these questions based on firsthand observation and experience in Texas and Oklahoma. And in the process of describing and defining the modern working cowboyhis work, his tools and equipment, his horse, his roping technique, his style of dress, his relationships with his wife and his employerErickson gives a thorough description of modern ranching, the economic milieu in which the cowboy operates.The first edition of this book was published in 1981. For this second edition Erickson has thoroughly revised and expanded the book to discuss recent developments in cowboy culture, making The Modern Cowboy the most up-to-date source on cowboy and ranch life today.
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- Seller
- Cuyahoga Valley Book Company (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 09664
- Title
- The Modern Cowboy.
- Author
- John R. Erickson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Ex-Library
- ISBN 10
- 0803218052
- ISBN 13
- 9780803218055
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Place of Publication
- Lincoln, Ne
- Date Published
- 1981
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