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| Author | : Bobbie Kalman |
| Publisher | : Crabtree Publishing Company |
| Total Pages | : 40 |
| Release | : 2007-10 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 9780778735038 |
A visual dictionary of the Old West that focuses on the life of cowboys, western settlers, boomtowns, and the gold rush.
| Author | : Ramon F. Adams |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1998-03 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9780756765019 |
This book, originally published in 1944, has 5,000 words of cowboy language as vibrant now as it was in the old American frontier. The native cowman forged his own language. Like other men of the soil, he created similes & metaphors, salty & unrefined, but sparkling with stimulating vigor. In the early days, many men with college degrees came west, fell in love with the freedom of range life, & remained. Not bound by conventions, they soon drifted into the infectious parlance of the cow country. This volume has been prepared to help preserve this lingo for posterity. The terms have been gathered from every part of the range. Within the cowman's figures of speech lie the rich field of his subtle humor & strength -- unique, original, full-flavored. Illus.
| Author | : Peter Newark |
| Publisher | : Gallery Books |
| Total Pages | : 287 |
| Release | : 1984 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780831765996 |
Information about the people, places, and events of America's Old West is enlightened with hundreds of vintage photographs and portraits
| Author | : Peter Watts |
| Publisher | : Wings |
| Total Pages | : 399 |
| Release | : 1994 |
| Genre | : Americanisms |
| ISBN | : 9780517119136 |
The hybrid language of the frontier is revealed in this compilation of terms used by the cattlemen, frontiersmen, scouts, cowboys, and gamblers.
| Author | : Ramon Adams |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1997-11 |
| Genre | : Reference |
| ISBN | : 9780781805902 |
Western Words has 5,000 words of cowboy language as vibrant now as it was in the old American frontier. "Within the cowman's figures of speech lie the rich field of his subtle humor and strength-unique, original, full-flavored. With his usually limited education he squeezes the juice from language, molds it to suit his needs, and is a genius at making a verb out of anything. He 'don't have to fish 'round for no decorated language to make his meanin' clear, ' and has little patience with the man who 'spouts words that run eight to the pound.' Perhaps the strength and originality in his speech are due to the solitude, the nearness of the stars, the bigness of the country, and the far horizons-all of which give him a chance to think clearly and go into the depths of his own mind. Wide spaces 'don't breed chatterboxes.' On his long and lonely rides, he is not forced to listen to the scandal and idle gossip that dwarf a man's mind. Quite frequently he has no one to talk to but a horse..." -from the author's Introduction
| Author | : Peter Watts |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 418 |
| Release | : 1987 |
| Genre | : Americanisms |
| ISBN | : 9780883940693 |
A fascinating dictionary of terms from the Wild West of 1850 to 1900 lists the origins and meanings of many currently used expressions and phrases, noting their frequent adaptations from original Mexican words.
| Author | : Ramon Frederick Adams |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 182 |
| Release | : 1946 |
| Genre | : Americanisms |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : William Henry Jackson |
| Publisher | : New York : Charles Scribner's Sons |
| Total Pages | : 328 |
| Release | : 1947 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : |
A collection of more than 400 pictures photographs and sketches... with a running descriptive text. The main object of this book is to portray . . . the Old West from the 1860's to 1893. William H. Jackson, known . . . for his photographs and sketches, contributed to American annals a vast amount of illustrativem7aterial about the unknown West. Huntting Folio volume.
