Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Fans of cowboy films, books and history will love this fascinating and well-researched insight into the link between the Scottish droving tradition and American Cowboys. Highland Cowboy presents a social history of cattle droving, an established profession fron the 16th century in Scotland that migrants took with them when they became cowboys in the American West. This unique account of songs, stories, and cattle routes that crossed the Highlands and the Wild West includes turn-of-the-century photographs depicting the life of drovers, cowboys and cattle, and research showing how songs shared by cowboys and cattlemen linked Scotland and the American West.
Synopsis
Fans of cowboy history will love this fascinating and well-researched insight into the link between the Scottish droving tradition and American Cowboys. This unique account includes turn-of-the-century photographs depicting life on the plains.
About the Author
Rob Gibson, himself a musician, knows the power of song. Rob has researched the roots of the songs and the routes of the drovers, and established clear and coherent links between the Wild West and the no-less-wild Highlands. The medium of music paints a vivid picture of their social and personal lives.