"Drawing on diaries, journals, letters, maps, and pictures, Dary
tells the unvarnished truth about cowboys and analyzes the cultural
force of the cowboy myth."--New York times Book
Review"Comprehensive and entertaining. . . . Full of wry anecdotes.
. . . Dary understands the double legacy of the real West--hard
fact and rich myth--and he savors it."--Time"The definitive
treatment of the cowboy. . . . Impressive in its thoroughness,
scope, and depth. Anyone interested in the history, sociology, and
economics of the West will find it valuable and fascinating."--San
Diego Union"Evocative reading. . . . A kind of source book for all
the Westerns you've ever seen and are ever likely to see. . . .
Between the lines, Cowboy Culture offers the germ of a story idea
on almost every page."--Los Angeles Times"Fun and enriching, packed
with original research, it gives us a better understanding of that
part of our past we have always worshiped. More that that, it gives
us an idea of what we have lost."--Chicago Sun-Times"An exuberant
book, bubbling over with tales, stories, and recollections. If one
were going to buy a single book on the cowboy and his life and
business, this ought to be it."--South Dakota History
"Immensely readable. A classic is what I label it."--Dee Brown,
author of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
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