Working Cowboy: Recollections of Ray Holmes - Couverture souple

Liberty, Margot; Head, Barry

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0806135034 ISBN 13 : 9780806135038

Editeur : University of Oklahoma Press, 2002

Synopsis

Winner of the 1995 Historical Award, Wyoming State Historical Society

In Working Cowboy, Margot Liberty and Barry Head present the oral history of Ray Holmes, a Wyoming cowboy born in 1911. Holmes has spent his life on horseback, herding cattle and doing other work with livestock. Since the time he rode his first horse, Holmes wanted nothing more than to be a cowboy--though his father insisted he would never make a living at it. The determination that started him on his dream has stayed with him throughout his life. Holmes remains a quiet man, averse to bragging but is candid and strongly opinionated.

Practical chapters, such as "Some Talk about Cowboys" and "Some Talk about Calves and Calving," alternate with chapters describing Holmes's colorful life, including his coping with the blizzard of 1959, listening to the very first radio in the neighborhood, and sleeping with potatoes to keep them from freezing.

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À propos de l'auteur

Margot Liberty, widely known as an anthropologist specializing in Northern Plains Indians and ranching culture, is the author, coauthor, or editor of Cheyenne Memories, with John Stands In Timber; A Northern Cheyenne Album, with photographs by Thomas B. Marquis; Working Cowboy: Recollections of Ray Holmes; A Cheyenne Voice: The Complete John Stands In Timber Interviews; and Songs and Snippets: Poems of Margot Liberty.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Oklahoma Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0806135034
• ISBN 13: 9780806135038
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
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