Cowboy: The Ultimate Guide to Living Like a Great American Icon
Explore the traditions, skills, history, and culture of cowboy life in Cowboy: The Ultimate Guide to Living Like a Great American Icon, a wide-ranging look at one of America’s most enduring Western figures.
Taking a pop-culture approach to the cowboy lifestyle, this book covers everything from ranching and rodeos to chuck wagon cooking, cowboy music, and country and Western dancing. It also explores the cowboy spirit and how the traditions of frontier-era cowboys continue to influence Western life today.
Filled with instructions, recipes, profiles, photographs, and trivia, Cowboy gives readers an entertaining look at the everyday rituals, skills, and personalities that have helped shape cowboy culture.
Inside, readers will find:
- Ranching and cowboy traditions
- Rodeo history and culture
- Chuck wagon cooking and recipes
- Cowboy music
- Country and Western dancing
- Instructions and practical information
- Cowboy profiles, photographs, and trivia
- A look at cowboy life from the frontier era through today
A fitting addition to any Western library, Cowboy: The Ultimate Guide to Living Like a Great American Icon offers an engaging look at the history, traditions, and spirit behind the cowboy way of life.
- Publisher : William Morrow Paperbacks
- Publication date : May 4, 2010
- Language : English
- Print length : 196 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0061773956
- ISBN-13 : 978-0061773952
- Item Weight : 6.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 8 x 6.6 x 0.6 inches