Synopses & Reviews
A nationwide bestseller—with more than 65,000 copies in print since publication by Alfred A. Knopf in 1981, this fascinating chronicle of cowboy life and legend is now available in a trade paperback edition. It's the 500-year saga of the "real cowboy"—from fifteenth-century Mexico to the twentieth-century American West.
Synopsis
The 500-year saga of the "real cowboy"—from fifteenth century Mexico to the twentieth century American West.
Table of Contents
Foreword
1. The Spanish Roots
2. Moving North
3. The Californiano Culture
4. The Texian Culture
5. The Mixing of Cultures
6. Texas Trails North
7. The Civil War and Change
8. On the Open Range
9. Trail Herds to Railheads
10. Where the Trails Ended
11. On the Northern Ranges
12. Ranch House Culture
13. Bunkhouse Culture
14. End of the Open-Range Culture
Epilogue
Notes
A Bibliography for the General Reader
Index