The Greatest Cowboy Stories Ever Told: Incredible Tales of the Western Frontier - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1592285562 ISBN 13: 9781592285563

Publisher: Lyons Pr, 2005

Synopsis

Tales of the adventure and influence of a timeless American character.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The cowboy, one of the greatest fictional characters in American literary history, is more than a man or a myth; he is an identity, the soul of a country that started out as the wild and unruly and has risen to the civilized and respected.
The cowboy represents how Americans defined themselves at one of the most pivotal periods in the country's history. Decades later, this persona remains a representation of strength and strong character. The cowboy is the law and the outlaw, the problem and the solution. The stories in this book will take you to the unsettled West to show you how it was won.
The Golden Age of the Cowboy, or what has been called the Kingdom of Cattle, lasted from the close of the Civil War to the turn of the century. Barbed wire and the iron horse put paid to the free range and the long trail drive just as the coming of the law obviated the need for the rough chivalry of the code of the West.
Though the days of dueling-every individual was for himself and men were expected to settle their own scores-are over, it is memories of these drastic times and extreme measures and the people who lived them that remain our defining characteristics. Though the cowboy's problems-and solutions-may now be in our past, they will never be forgotten. This book is filled with some of the most action-filled and exciting stories ever to come out of the American landscape.

About the Author:

STEPHEN VINCENT BRENNAN has worked as a circus clown, book editor, teacher, cabaret artist, actor, director, sheep hearder and playwright. His books for The Lyons Press are: Classic Adventure Stories, Classic Exploration Stories, The Greatest Cowboy Stories Ever Told, and coming soon, Classic American Hero Stories, and The Greatest Circus Stories Ever Told. He is now an actor and director with the Theater Wing of the Kaufman Center in New York City, where he lives with his wife, his daughter, and his son.

About this edition

• Publisher: Lyons Pr
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1592285562
• ISBN 13: 9781592285563
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 333
• Editor: Brennan Stephen Vincent