Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction: Ride the High Country or "They Went Thataway"; Cowboy Codes: Straight & Pure & All Boy; When We were Young: Nostalgia & the Cowboy Hero; Arms & the Man: The Friendly Gun; Give Me My Boots & Saddles: Camp Cowboy; Tall in the Saddle: Romance on the Range; White Hats & White Heroes: Who Is That Other Guy?; Virgin Land: Landscape, Nature, & Masculinity; Corporate Cowboys & the Shaping of a Nation; Postscript - The Frontiersman (1938); List of Films Mentioned; References; Index.

About the Author

John Blake is a reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, for which he has written several award-winning stories on civil rights. He has received feature-writing awards from the Associated Press, the Georgia Press Association, the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists, and the Society of Professional Journalists. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Reviews

"A revealing look at how the movement affected the personal lives of activists and the legacy inherited by their children." -- Booklist. "A highly original, insightful and sometimes emotionally riveting book." -- Atlanta Journal Constitution. "A fresh approach to chronicling the historic struggle...powerful." -- The Atlanta Tribune