Author: Will James
Publisher: Buccaneer Books
ISBN: 9781568492391
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
In Lone Cowboy, Will James revives the scenes, people, and customs of the turn-of-the-century American West. Today regarded as a fictionalized autobiography, Lone Cowboy follows the character of James the cowboy from a boy to an accomplished artist.
Lone Cowboy
Author: Will James
Publisher: Buccaneer Books
ISBN: 9781568492391
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
In Lone Cowboy, Will James revives the scenes, people, and customs of the turn-of-the-century American West. Today regarded as a fictionalized autobiography, Lone Cowboy follows the character of James the cowboy from a boy to an accomplished artist.
Publisher: Buccaneer Books
ISBN: 9781568492391
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
In Lone Cowboy, Will James revives the scenes, people, and customs of the turn-of-the-century American West. Today regarded as a fictionalized autobiography, Lone Cowboy follows the character of James the cowboy from a boy to an accomplished artist.
Lone Cowboy (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)
Author: Will James
Publisher: Dodo Press
ISBN: 9781406576993
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Will James (1892-1942), artist and writer of the American West, was born Joseph Ernest Nephtali Dufault. It was during his creative years everyone grew to know him as Will James. During the next several years, he drifted, worked at several jobs, was briefly jailed for cattle rustling, served in the army, and began selling his sketches and in 1922 sold his first writing, Bucking Horse Riders. The sale of several books followed. In 1926 his most famous book, Smoky the Cowhorse, was published, which won the Newbery Medal in 1927. His fictionalized autobiography, Lone Cowboy, was written in 1930. He also wrote Home Ranch (1935) and he wrote his last book, The American Cowboy, in 1942. In all, he wrote and illustrated 23 books.
Publisher: Dodo Press
ISBN: 9781406576993
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Will James (1892-1942), artist and writer of the American West, was born Joseph Ernest Nephtali Dufault. It was during his creative years everyone grew to know him as Will James. During the next several years, he drifted, worked at several jobs, was briefly jailed for cattle rustling, served in the army, and began selling his sketches and in 1922 sold his first writing, Bucking Horse Riders. The sale of several books followed. In 1926 his most famous book, Smoky the Cowhorse, was published, which won the Newbery Medal in 1927. His fictionalized autobiography, Lone Cowboy, was written in 1930. He also wrote Home Ranch (1935) and he wrote his last book, The American Cowboy, in 1942. In all, he wrote and illustrated 23 books.
Brave Cowboy
Author: Edward Abbey
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0380714590
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The Brave Cowboy Jack Burnes is a loner at odds with modern civilization. A man out of time, he rides a feisty chestnut mare across the New West -- a once beautiful land smothered beneanth airstrips and superhighways. And he lives by a personal code of ethics that sets him on a collision course with the keepers of law and order. Now he has stepped over the line by breaking one too many of society's rulus. The hounds of justice are hot in his trail. But Burnes would rather die than spend even a single night behind bars. And they have to catch him first.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0380714590
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The Brave Cowboy Jack Burnes is a loner at odds with modern civilization. A man out of time, he rides a feisty chestnut mare across the New West -- a once beautiful land smothered beneanth airstrips and superhighways. And he lives by a personal code of ethics that sets him on a collision course with the keepers of law and order. Now he has stepped over the line by breaking one too many of society's rulus. The hounds of justice are hot in his trail. But Burnes would rather die than spend even a single night behind bars. And they have to catch him first.
Her Lone Star Cowboy
Author: Debra Clopton
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0373877331
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
"With his harrowing childhood behind him, cowboy Jess Holden made some promises to himself. He'll remain a bachelor. Won't ever get involved with a certain kind of woman. But then he rescues a lovely newcomer-- and two scared calves-- from a flash flood in the middle of Texas Hill Country. Not only is veterinarian's assistant Gabi Newberry a reminder of his past, she's the granddaughter of a Mule Hollow matchmaker! But as sweet, spunky Gabi tends the ailing cattle on his ranch, Jess begins to discover that some promises were made to be broken."--P. [4] of cover.
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0373877331
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
"With his harrowing childhood behind him, cowboy Jess Holden made some promises to himself. He'll remain a bachelor. Won't ever get involved with a certain kind of woman. But then he rescues a lovely newcomer-- and two scared calves-- from a flash flood in the middle of Texas Hill Country. Not only is veterinarian's assistant Gabi Newberry a reminder of his past, she's the granddaughter of a Mule Hollow matchmaker! But as sweet, spunky Gabi tends the ailing cattle on his ranch, Jess begins to discover that some promises were made to be broken."--P. [4] of cover.
Lonesome Cowboy
Author: Debbie Macomber
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
ISBN: 1038944619
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
Revisit this classic western romance, book 1 in the Heart of Texas series by No.1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. Everyone in Promise thinks Savannah Weston is an old-fashioned kind of woman, quietly content to stay on the family ranch with her brother, Grady. But Savannah has her passions — for the old roses she loves to grow, for the children she hopes to have. And for a man named Laredo Smith. He’s a stranger to the small town, a disenchanted drifting cowboy who may just change Savannah’s life — in the best possible way.
Publisher: HarperCollins Australia
ISBN: 1038944619
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
Revisit this classic western romance, book 1 in the Heart of Texas series by No.1 New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber. Everyone in Promise thinks Savannah Weston is an old-fashioned kind of woman, quietly content to stay on the family ranch with her brother, Grady. But Savannah has her passions — for the old roses she loves to grow, for the children she hopes to have. And for a man named Laredo Smith. He’s a stranger to the small town, a disenchanted drifting cowboy who may just change Savannah’s life — in the best possible way.
One Less Lonely Cowboy
Author: Kathleen Eagle
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0373657277
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
He's ready and able… Jack McKenzie is an old-school cowboy. A loner making a good living at a Missouri ranch, he just wants to collect his pay, keep to himself and—most important—forget the past. But the return of his boss's daughter changes everything…and makes him long for more than his solitary life…. But is she willing? The last place Lily Reardon had ever imagined going was home, but there she is—the prodigal daughter with a child of her own. Estranged from her father, she struggles to reconnect. Slowly, with the help of strong, silent ranch hand Jack McKenzie, she begins to see her past—and even her future—in a new light. But can Jack trust in love enough to take his place in Lily's renewed family?
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0373657277
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
He's ready and able… Jack McKenzie is an old-school cowboy. A loner making a good living at a Missouri ranch, he just wants to collect his pay, keep to himself and—most important—forget the past. But the return of his boss's daughter changes everything…and makes him long for more than his solitary life…. But is she willing? The last place Lily Reardon had ever imagined going was home, but there she is—the prodigal daughter with a child of her own. Estranged from her father, she struggles to reconnect. Slowly, with the help of strong, silent ranch hand Jack McKenzie, she begins to see her past—and even her future—in a new light. But can Jack trust in love enough to take his place in Lily's renewed family?
A Cowboy Christmas
Author: Audrey Wood
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780689874086
Category : Oversize books
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When Cully the cowboy, a friend and a father figure to Evan, fails to show up at the ranch on an icy Christmas Eve, Evan goes out into the night to find and rescue him.
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
ISBN: 9780689874086
Category : Oversize books
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When Cully the cowboy, a friend and a father figure to Evan, fails to show up at the ranch on an icy Christmas Eve, Evan goes out into the night to find and rescue him.
The Modern Cowboy
Author: John R. Erickson
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 1574411772
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
What does it take to raise cattle in the 21st century? Ask John Erickson. For any aspiring cowboy, this is an essential guide.
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
ISBN: 1574411772
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
What does it take to raise cattle in the 21st century? Ask John Erickson. For any aspiring cowboy, this is an essential guide.
Songs of the Cowboys
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American ballads and songs
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American ballads and songs
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The Last Cowboys
Author: John Branch
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 039335699X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"A can't-put-it-down modern Western." —Kirk Siegler, NPR Longlisted for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing The Last Cowboys is Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter John Branch’s epic tale of one American family struggling to hold on to the fading vestiges of the Old West. For generations, the Wrights of southern Utah have raised cattle and world-champion saddle-bronc riders—many call them the most successful rodeo family in history. Now they find themselves fighting to save their land and livelihood as the West is transformed by urbanization, battered by drought, and rearranged by public-land disputes. Could rodeo, of all things, be the answer? Written with great lyricism and filled with vivid scenes of heartache and broken bones, The Last Cowboys is a powerful testament to the grit and integrity that fuel the American Dream.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 039335699X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"A can't-put-it-down modern Western." —Kirk Siegler, NPR Longlisted for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing The Last Cowboys is Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter John Branch’s epic tale of one American family struggling to hold on to the fading vestiges of the Old West. For generations, the Wrights of southern Utah have raised cattle and world-champion saddle-bronc riders—many call them the most successful rodeo family in history. Now they find themselves fighting to save their land and livelihood as the West is transformed by urbanization, battered by drought, and rearranged by public-land disputes. Could rodeo, of all things, be the answer? Written with great lyricism and filled with vivid scenes of heartache and broken bones, The Last Cowboys is a powerful testament to the grit and integrity that fuel the American Dream.