Classic Cowboy Stories: Eighteen Extraordinary Tales of the Old WestRowman & Littlefield, 01.06.2004 - 352 Seiten Roping a buffalo, running off cattle rustlers, sitting out a winter storm in a cave-adventures like these were all part of everyday life for the cowboy. They're depicted here in stories that have stood the test of time, by writers whose words are just as funny and wise today as they were one hundred years ago. Covering all corners of the great Western expanse-from Montana to Mexico, California to the Mississippi-the stories in this collection represent not just the Anglo male perspective but also that of the blacks, Mexicans, and women who made their lives on the range. It features works by Owen Wister, Theodore Roosevelt, Frederic Remington, Isabella L. Bird, Nat Love, Bill Nye, Charlie Siringo, Zane Grey, Andy Adams, Mark Twain, E. Mulford, O. Henry (creator of the Cisco Kid), and many others, including some surprises by little-known authors. |
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... only know that when I took a meal elsewhere, I was likely to find nothing but the eternal “sowbelly,” beans, and coffee; while at Sunk Creek the omelet and the custard were frequent.The passing traveller was glad to tie his horse [ 9 ]
... only know that when I took a meal elsewhere, I was likely to find nothing but the eternal “sowbelly,” beans, and coffee; while at Sunk Creek the omelet and the custard were frequent.The passing traveller was glad to tie his horse [ 9 ]
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... took hold of the farmyard and began building a better chicken house, while the Judge was off creating meadow land in his gray and yellow wilderness.When any cow-boy was unoccupied, he would lounge over to my neighborhood, and silently ...
... took hold of the farmyard and began building a better chicken house, while the Judge was off creating meadow land in his gray and yellow wilderness.When any cow-boy was unoccupied, he would lounge over to my neighborhood, and silently ...
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... about to leave deserted on the ground behind me, and we rode home in our usual silence, the mean little white-breasted, sharp-billed divers dangling from his saddle. It was in the bunk-house that he took his revenge. [15 ] [ OWEN WISTER ]
... about to leave deserted on the ground behind me, and we rode home in our usual silence, the mean little white-breasted, sharp-billed divers dangling from his saddle. It was in the bunk-house that he took his revenge. [15 ] [ OWEN WISTER ]
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... took his revenge. As I passed I heard his gentle voice silently achieving some narrative to an attentive audience, and just as I came by the open window where he sat on his bed in shirt and drawers, his back to me, I heard his ...
... took his revenge. As I passed I heard his gentle voice silently achieving some narrative to an attentive audience, and just as I came by the open window where he sat on his bed in shirt and drawers, his back to me, I heard his ...
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... took down Sunk Creek shoutin' fire, right along. He has never come back.” “There's a hen over there now that has no judgment,” I said, indicating Em'ly. She had got herself outside the house, and was on the bars of a corral, her ...
... took down Sunk Creek shoutin' fire, right along. He has never come back.” “There's a hen over there now that has no judgment,” I said, indicating Em'ly. She had got herself outside the house, and was on the bars of a corral, her ...
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Classic Cowboy Stories: Eighteen Extraordinary Tales of the Old West Michael Mccoy Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2004 |
Classic Cowboy Stories: Eighteen Extraordinary Tales of the Old West Michael McCoy Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2004 |
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