Cowboy Lingo
by Adams, Ramon F
The cowboy that enigmatic, larger-than-life icon of our culture has long been considered a figure of fast hands, steel nerves, and few words. But according to Ramon Adams, cowboys, once among themselves, enjoyed a vivid, often boisterous repartee. You might say that around a campfire they could make more noise than a jackass in a tin barn.” Here in one volume is a complete guide to cowboy-speak. Like many of today’s foreign language guides, this handy book is organized not alphabetically but situationally, lest you find yourself in Texas at a loss for words. There are sections on the ranch, the cowboy’s duties, riding equipment, the roundup, roping, branding, even square dancing. There are words and phrases you’ll recognize because they’ve filtered into everyday language blue lightnin’,” star gazin’,” the whole shebang” plus countless others that, sadly, are seldom heard in current speech: lonely as a preacher on pay night,” restless as a hen on a hot griddle,” crooked as a snake in a cactus patch.” As entertaining as it is authoritative, COWBOY LINGO captures the living speech of the Great Plains and serves as a window into the soul of the American West.
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by ADAMS, RAMON F
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1936. Previous owner's western book-plate on front pastedown. Illustrations through text. A very clean and crisp copy. From the jacket, "A mine of cowboy lore and a vocabulary of the lusty speech of the range, from 'dinner plates' and 'walkin sticks' to 'necktie socials' and 'hot rocks'. 257pp.. First Edition. Tan Cloth. Nearly Fine/Nearly Fine.… Read more about this item Item Price
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Cowboy Lingo
by Adams, Ramon F. (Author); Eggenhofer, Nick (Illustrator)
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COWBOY LINGO
by Adams, Ramon F. (Ramon Frederick), 1889-1976 [author]; Eggenhofer, Nicholas, 1897-1985 [illustrator]
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1936. Hardcover. Octavo, x, 257 pages. In Good condition. Spine is brown with red print. Boards in brown cloth with red print. Light wear to spine caps and corners, toning to spine. Text block has brown tinted top edge. Tanning to endpapers. Illustrated: b&w frontispiece and plates (drawings).
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. 1st Paperback Thus . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Nick Eggenhoffer. Noted as a bibliographer of books on the west, Adams wrote this in 1936 to preserve the jargon of the cowboy and of the west. 253 pp. Trade paperback,.
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