The Cowboy Encyclopedia: The Old and the New West from the Open Range to the Dude Ranch

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Rear cover notes: "Here at last is the complete and perfect book for everyone who wants to know all about cowboys - a fascinating roundup of hundreds of facts of all kinds about cowboy life and lore from the days of the open range to the modern dude ranch. It tells about the cowboys clothes his work his horse his rope his six-shooter his lingo; about roundups cattle drives famous bad men and gunfighters Indians and buffaloes and life on the range. It explains the how and why of the cowboys way of doing things from braiding a quirt to busting a bronc. The vigorous spirit of the old untrammeled West breathes through the pages of this book. With more than 600 entries and over 200 illustrations it brings vividly to life the days when cattle was king and when the hard-riding free-spirited cowboy with his horse his rope and his gun was winning the West for the white man. There is endless fascination here for everyone young or old who loves American traditions and who thrills to the spell of the West."