The Modern Cowboy
by John R. Erickson
University of North Texas Press, 2004
Paper: 978-1-57441-177-5 | eISBN: 978-1-57441-416-5
Library of Congress Classification F596.E74 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification 978
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Contents Author's Note Part One: The Modern Cowboy 1. What Is a Cowboy? 2. What He Looks Like, What He Wears 3. The Cowboy's Wife 4. Horse Sense and Cow Sense 5. Cowboy Vices and Recreation 6. The Cowboy's Newspaper Part Two: Tools of the Trade 7. The Horse 8. Pickups and Trailers 9. Pasture Roping, Then and Now Part Three: What Cowboys Do 10. Winter Work 11. Spring Roundup and Branding 12. Summer Work 13. Windmills 14. The Fall Work 15. Calving Out Heifers Part Four: The Bottom Line 16. The Modern Cattle Business 17. Economics and the Rancher 18. Economics and the Cowboy 19. The Last Cowboy? 20. Classic Books about Cowboys Bibliography
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