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The Real Deadwood
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The Real Deadwood
by John Ames

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A fascinating and accessible loot at the true history behind the people and places that populate HBO's popular hit series "Deadwood"...
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The Cowboy: His Characteristics, His Equipment, and His Part in the Development of the West
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The Cowboy: His Characteristics, His Equipment, and His Part in the Development of the West
by Philip Ashton Rollins

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Although the American cowboy has long been a favorite subject for novelists, filmmakers, and illustrators, too often the picture they paint bears little relation to reality. Philip Ashton Rollins, who lived in the West on and off between 1892 and 1924...
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Let' Er Buck: A Story of the Passing of the Old West
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Let' Er Buck: A Story of the Passing of the Old West
by Charles Wel Furlong

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Out of print for 80 years, Furlongs bestseller--an account of the now famous Pendleton Round-Up and complete with 50 of the authors famous pictures--has been resurrected in this stunning reproduction that is entirely faithful to Furlongs original....
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When Indians Became Cowboys: Native Peoples & Cattle Ranching in the American West
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When Indians Became Cowboys: Native Peoples & Cattle Ranching in the American West
by Peter Iverson

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Focusing on the Northern Plains and the Southwest, Iverson (history, Arizona State U.) traces the rise and fall of individual and tribal cattle industries against the backdrop of changing federal Indian policies. He chronicles the policies and factors,...
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Cowboy Lingo
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Cowboy Lingo
by Ramon F Adams

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The cowboy & mdash; that enigmatic, larger-than-life icon of our culture & mdash; 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...
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Biting the Dust: The Wild Ride and Dark Romance of the Rodeo Cowboy and the American West
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Biting the Dust: The Wild Ride and Dark Romance of the Rodeo Cowboy and the American West
by Dirk Johnson

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To the fan, the rodeo cowboy is the distinctly American embodiment of the romantic Old West. But to the young men who live the profession, the realities are modest pay, continuous travel, and the constant threat of injury. While he was the Denver bureau...
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Cowgirls: Women of the American West (Women of the West)
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Cowgirls: Women of the American West (Women of the West)
by Teresa Jordan

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American lore has slighted the cowgirl, although at least one can still be found in nearly every ranching community. Like her male counterpart, she rides and ropes, understands land and stock, and confronts the elements. The writer and photographer...
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Reminiscences of a Ranchman
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Reminiscences of a Ranchman
by Edgar B Bronson

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The decades of the 1870s and 1880s were the heyday of the Old West as the world has come to know it in stories and songs, plays, motion pictures, and television dramas. Edgar Beecher Bronson, the real-life prototype of that now familiar character, the...
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Cactus Tracks & Cowboy Philosophy
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Cactus Tracks & Cowboy Philosophy
by Baxter Black

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The beloved NPR commentator, popular syndicated columnist, and authentic cowboy poet offers a hilarious collection of ranch wit and wisdom....
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Trails of Yesterday
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Trails of Yesterday
by John Bratt

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Trails of Yesterday, first published in 1921, is ranked with the best firsthand accounts of ranching on the northern Great Plains in the 1870s and 1880s. This classic of cow-country literature is rich in authentic frontier history. Born in England in...
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Sun Up: Tales of the Cow Camps
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Sun Up: Tales of the Cow Camps
by Will James

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This collection of 16 cowboy tales includes stories of cowboys growing up, learning the ropes, proving their mettle, and even falling in love....
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The Cattle-Trailing Industry: Between Supply and Demand, 1866-1890
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The Cattle-Trailing Industry: Between Supply and Demand, 1866-1890
by Jimmy M Skaggs

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Reprint of Skaggs' (econ. Wichita State U.) study of the Texas cattle trade first released by U. of Kansas Press, 1973. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)...
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British Gentlemen in the Wild West
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British Gentlemen in the Wild West
by Lawrence Woods

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In the last quarter of the 19th century an enterprising group of British gentlemen saw and seized an opportunity to graze huge herds of cattle, free of charge, on public lands in the then unsettled American West. This is the story of these intrepid men...
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The Hollywood Posse: The Story of a Gallant Band of Horsemen Who Made Movie History
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The Hollywood Posse: The Story of a Gallant Band of Horsemen Who Made Movie History
by Diana Serra Cary

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After 1912, when the great cattle empires began to crumble, hundreds of seasoned cowboys found themselves jobless. A handful of discarded horsemen, however, stumbled upon an entirely new frontier - Hollywood. In a rare insider's view, Diana Serra Cary...
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Cowboys and the Wild West: An A-Z Guide from the Chisholm Trail to the Silver Screen
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Cowboys and the Wild West: An A-Z Guide from the Chisholm Trail to the Silver Screen
by Don Cusic

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This authoritative guide profiles stars of the Wild West, both real and fictional....
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Cowgirls: 100 Years of Writing the Range (Roundup Books)
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Cowgirls: 100 Years of Writing the Range (Roundup Books)
by Thelma Poirer

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For more than a century, cowgirls have earned their place on the western frontier....
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The Secret Life of Cowboys
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The Secret Life of Cowboys
by Tom Groneberg

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A stark but loving look at the world of the modern cowboy. Groneberg paints an unsparing portrait of his flawed, funny, and sometimes triumphant efforts to become a cowboy. In lean, but passionate prose, Groneberg demystifies the image of cowboy as...
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Riding Pretty: Rodeo Royalty in the American West (Women in the West)
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Riding Pretty: Rodeo Royalty in the American West (Women in the West)
by Renee M Laegreid

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In 1910 when the town of Pendleton, Oregon, held its first large-scale rodeo, the Pendleton Round-Up, it introduced a new kind of rodeo queen--not a traveling cowgirl performer but a young, middle-class woman from its own town. Riding Pretty examines the...
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The West of Billy the Kid
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The West of Billy the Kid
by Frederick Nolan

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In The West of Billy the Kid, renowned authority Frederick Nolan has assembled a comprehensive photo gallery of the life and times of Billy the Kid. In text and in more than 250 images -- many of them published here for the first time -- Nolan recreates...
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Rodeo: Behind the Scenes at America's Most Exciting Sport
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Rodeo: Behind the Scenes at America's Most Exciting Sport
by Lynn Campion

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Here is a richly illustrated look at the people and animals of rodeo, from the rules of competition to the drama and action of each event - the perfect guide for every rodeo fan.Lynn Campion traveled to many rodeos over a period of years, taking...
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