Author: Richard Bird Baker
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491797347
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
Traditional cowboy lingo, like the old-time maritime vernacular of the sea, and even the jargon of baseball, is so colorfully descriptive that modern, media-molded English sounds bland and trite by comparison. Often a short, cowboy-styled phrase can convey more meaning and sentiment than several paragraphs of modern writ. Thats the heart, soul, and backbone of cowboy poetry. A writer doesnt have to knock his brains out trying to hatch up enough imagery to offset the blandness of modern English, nor does a reader have to scratch his head bald trying to understand the poems.
Cowboy Poetry from a Short-Horn Tenderfoot
Author: Richard Bird Baker
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491797347
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
Traditional cowboy lingo, like the old-time maritime vernacular of the sea, and even the jargon of baseball, is so colorfully descriptive that modern, media-molded English sounds bland and trite by comparison. Often a short, cowboy-styled phrase can convey more meaning and sentiment than several paragraphs of modern writ. Thats the heart, soul, and backbone of cowboy poetry. A writer doesnt have to knock his brains out trying to hatch up enough imagery to offset the blandness of modern English, nor does a reader have to scratch his head bald trying to understand the poems.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1491797347
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 141
Book Description
Traditional cowboy lingo, like the old-time maritime vernacular of the sea, and even the jargon of baseball, is so colorfully descriptive that modern, media-molded English sounds bland and trite by comparison. Often a short, cowboy-styled phrase can convey more meaning and sentiment than several paragraphs of modern writ. Thats the heart, soul, and backbone of cowboy poetry. A writer doesnt have to knock his brains out trying to hatch up enough imagery to offset the blandness of modern English, nor does a reader have to scratch his head bald trying to understand the poems.
Hunting in Many Lands
Author: Theodore Roosevelt
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Big game hunting
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Big game hunting
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Slang Poetry Volume I
Author: R,K, Cowles
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329069048
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
[Paperback] A collection of poetry using slang. The slang from the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, and the old west. Along a glossary section in the back of the book. Each decade with its own glossary section.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1329069048
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
[Paperback] A collection of poetry using slang. The slang from the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, and the old west. Along a glossary section in the back of the book. Each decade with its own glossary section.
The Bad Lands
Author: Oakley Hall
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022641275X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
From the acclaimed author of Warlock comes “an elegiac, incandescent 1880s Dakota badlands Western that bears comparison to the greats” (Kirkus). It’s 1883 in Johnson County, in the old Dakota Territory—a rugged, wide-open landscape of rolling red earth, prairie, and cattle as far as the eye can see. But the land is closing, the “Beef Bonanza” is ending, and the free-range cattlemen are stuck watching their way of life disappear in a blaze of drought and gunfire. An action-packed western from one of the masters of the genre, Oakley Hall’s The Bad Lands blends roundups and rustlers, whorehouses and land grabs, shoot-outs and the threat of hangings in a tale of the war between the cowboys and the cattle barons. But more than this, it is an elegy to the wild beauty of the badlands before the ranchers moved in, chased off the free-rangers, the trappers, and the tribes, and fenced it all in. “Readers unable to suppress an unfashionable yearning for a good story will be delighted with The Bad Lands.”—Larry McMurtry, The New York Times
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022641275X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
From the acclaimed author of Warlock comes “an elegiac, incandescent 1880s Dakota badlands Western that bears comparison to the greats” (Kirkus). It’s 1883 in Johnson County, in the old Dakota Territory—a rugged, wide-open landscape of rolling red earth, prairie, and cattle as far as the eye can see. But the land is closing, the “Beef Bonanza” is ending, and the free-range cattlemen are stuck watching their way of life disappear in a blaze of drought and gunfire. An action-packed western from one of the masters of the genre, Oakley Hall’s The Bad Lands blends roundups and rustlers, whorehouses and land grabs, shoot-outs and the threat of hangings in a tale of the war between the cowboys and the cattle barons. But more than this, it is an elegy to the wild beauty of the badlands before the ranchers moved in, chased off the free-rangers, the trappers, and the tribes, and fenced it all in. “Readers unable to suppress an unfashionable yearning for a good story will be delighted with The Bad Lands.”—Larry McMurtry, The New York Times
The Book of Texas
Author: Harry Yandell Benedict
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
The Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft
Author: Daniel Carter Beard
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 1567923526
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
For Dan Beard, founder of the American Scouting movement, every scout worth his merit badge was expected to read this book, which includes instructions on how to build a fire, cook venison, prepare for a camping trip, use an axe and a saw, and more.
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 1567923526
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
For Dan Beard, founder of the American Scouting movement, every scout worth his merit badge was expected to read this book, which includes instructions on how to build a fire, cook venison, prepare for a camping trip, use an axe and a saw, and more.
Out where the West Begins
Author: Arthur Chapman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
To Tame a Wolf
Author: Susan Krinard
Publisher: HQN Books
ISBN: 1459207378
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Her innocence destroyed, young widow Tally Bernard swore that she would never trust a man again. But when her brother disappears, she has little choice but to make a pact with the devil. Though he wants nothing more than to live a quiet life on a ranch of his own, Simeon Kavanaugh can’t escape the legacy of his werewolf father. The animal instincts that keep him from being fully human also make him a brilliant tracker, forced to survive on the desperation of people in need. The attraction between these two wounded souls is immediate, primal—and dangerous. And if Simeon has any hope of saving Tally, he must do what he has always resisted and merge both man and beast within him. But if she cannot accept what he becomes, his choice may cost Simeon the only thing worth having—Tally’s love....
Publisher: HQN Books
ISBN: 1459207378
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Her innocence destroyed, young widow Tally Bernard swore that she would never trust a man again. But when her brother disappears, she has little choice but to make a pact with the devil. Though he wants nothing more than to live a quiet life on a ranch of his own, Simeon Kavanaugh can’t escape the legacy of his werewolf father. The animal instincts that keep him from being fully human also make him a brilliant tracker, forced to survive on the desperation of people in need. The attraction between these two wounded souls is immediate, primal—and dangerous. And if Simeon has any hope of saving Tally, he must do what he has always resisted and merge both man and beast within him. But if she cannot accept what he becomes, his choice may cost Simeon the only thing worth having—Tally’s love....
His Royal Nibs
Author: Onoto Watanna
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ranches
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ranches
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Scouting on Two Continents
Author: Frederick Russell Burnham
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1786259583
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
All England cheered this modest American. He acquired his scouting lore warring against Apaches in Arizona. After hunting gold in the Northwest and the Klondike he rode deep into the savage territory of Africa to slay the M’Limo, treacherous Matabele high priest. During the Boer War he performed many thrilling exploits as chief of Scouts. He was honored in the friendship of Lord Roberts, Theodore Roosevelt, Cecil Rhodes, and Dr. Jameson and received the highest honors of the British Empire. In this book he tells in full detail the fascinating story of his thrilling and varied career. “In real life he is more interesting than any of my heroes of romance”—SIR RIDER HAGGARD “I have seldom been as much taken with a narrative”—REAR ADMIRAL WM. S. SIMS, U.S.N. “I have read it all with enthralled interest”—THEODORE ROOSEVELT “England was never made by her statesmen; England was made by her adventurers.”—GENERAL GORDON.
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN: 1786259583
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
All England cheered this modest American. He acquired his scouting lore warring against Apaches in Arizona. After hunting gold in the Northwest and the Klondike he rode deep into the savage territory of Africa to slay the M’Limo, treacherous Matabele high priest. During the Boer War he performed many thrilling exploits as chief of Scouts. He was honored in the friendship of Lord Roberts, Theodore Roosevelt, Cecil Rhodes, and Dr. Jameson and received the highest honors of the British Empire. In this book he tells in full detail the fascinating story of his thrilling and varied career. “In real life he is more interesting than any of my heroes of romance”—SIR RIDER HAGGARD “I have seldom been as much taken with a narrative”—REAR ADMIRAL WM. S. SIMS, U.S.N. “I have read it all with enthralled interest”—THEODORE ROOSEVELT “England was never made by her statesmen; England was made by her adventurers.”—GENERAL GORDON.