Download or read book Cowboys and Gangsters written by Samuel K. Dolan and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-05-02 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even after WWI had ended, the region of Arizona, New Mexico, and West Texas stubbornly refused to be tamed. It was still a place where frontier gunfights still broke out at an alarming rate. Utilizing official records, newspaper accounts, and oral histories, Cowboys and Gangsters tells the story of the untamed “Wild West” of the Prohibition-era of the 1920s and early 1930s and introduces a rogues’ gallery of sixgun-packing western gunfighters and lawmen. Told through the lens of the accounts of a handful of Texas Rangers and Federal Agents, this book covers a unique and action-packed era in American history. It’s a story that connects the horse and saddle days of the Old West, with the high-octane decade of the Roaring Twenties.

Download or read book Sixshooters and Sagebrush written by Rowland W. Rider and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ride the Thunder written by Lindsay McKenna and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2009-06-01 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sharing flight duty with beautiful Lieutenant Rhona McGregor wasdangerous. But with lives at stake in the earthquake-shattered L.A.Basin, Nolan didn't have time to argue. He needed a copilot, and he'djust have to draw on his military discipline to keep his desires incheck. But from their first death-defying flight, Nolan realized heand Rhona shared something even more powerful than passion. Forsuddenly his hard heart thundered with something that felt perilouslylike love….

Download or read book Southwest Cowboys written by Lindsay McKenna and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: White Wolf Ruthless corporate cowboy Dain Phillips had kicked off the traces of his impoverished past, burying his scars under wealth and power. But money couldn't help him buck the illness now fatally riding him – only a mysterious Cherokee medicine woman deep in the Arizona desert could. Earthy, radiant Erin Wolf bred in Dain a rage to live. A hunger to mate. A thirst for the wonders of love. But surrender the reins of his steely control? Trust his heart to another? Never! That would take a miracle. Wild Mustang Woman Sam McGuire had always admired Kate's free spirit – though it was what ultimately took her away. He was the strong, silent cowboy of her dreams. The kind of man Kate Donovan had loved but could never have. Now after many long years Kate was back and had no choice but to lean on Sam's strong shoulders. Her mission was to save her family ranch. Yet being back with Sam meant risking the ultimate heartbreak. Still, it was a risk this wild mustang woman was willing to take...

Download or read book Vaqueros Cowboys and Buckaroos written by Lawrence Clayton and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-06-28 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herding cattle from horseback has been a tradition in northern Mexico and the American West since the Spanish colonial era. The first mounted herders were the Mexican vaqueros, expert horsemen who developed the skills to work cattle in the brush country and deserts of the Southwestern borderlands. From them, Texas cowboys learned the trade, evolving their own unique culture that spread across the Southwest and Great Plains. The buckaroos of the Great Basin west of the Rockies trace their origin to the vaqueros, with influence along the way from the cowboys, though they, too, have ways and customs distinctly their own. In this book, three long-time students of the American West describe the history, working practices, and folk culture of vaqueros, cowboys, and buckaroos. They draw on historical records, contemporary interviews, and numerous photographs to show what makes each group of mounted herders distinctive in terms of working methods, gear, dress, customs, and speech. They also highlight the many common traits of all three groups. This comparative look at vaqueros, cowboys, and buckaroos brings the mythical image of the American cowboy into focus and detail and honors the regional and national variations. It will be an essential resource for anyone who would know or portray the cowboy—readers, writers, songwriters, and actors among them.

Download or read book Southwest Cowboys Volume 1 written by Lindsay McKenna and published by Mills & Boon. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: White Wolf Ruthless corporate cowboy Dain Phillips had kicked off the traces of his impoverished past, burying his scars under wealth and power. But money couldn't help him buck the illness now fatally riding him - only a mysterious Cherokee medicine woman deep in the Arizona desert could. Earthy, radiant Erin Wolf bred in Dain a rage to live. A hunger to mate. A thirst for the wonders of love. But surrender the reins of his steely control? Trust his heart to another? Never! That would take a miracle. Wild Mustang Woman Sam McGuire had always admired Kate's free spirit - though it was what ultimately took her away. He was the strong, silent cowboy of her dreams. The kind of man Kate Donovan had loved but could never have. Now after many long years Kate was back and had no choice but to lean on Sam's strong shoulders. Her mission was to save her family ranch. Yet being back with Sam meant risking the ultimate heartbreak. Still, it was a risk this wild mustang woman was willing to take...

Download or read book Cowboys of the Americas written by Richard W. Slatta and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lavishly illustrated with photographs, paintings, and movie stills, this Western Heritage Award-winning book explores what life was actually like for the working cowboy in North America. "If you read only one book on cowboys, read this one".--Journal of the Southwest.

Download or read book The Amazing Tale of Mr Herbert and His Fabulous Alpine Cowboys Baseball Club written by DJ Stout and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-08-25 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Back in the 1940s and 1950s, almost every small town in America had a baseball team. Most players were simply local heroes with a local following, but a few teams achieved fame far beyond their region. The Alpine Cowboys—despite being based in Texas's remote, sparsely populated Big Bend country—became a star in the firmament of semi-pro baseball. Lavishly underwritten by a wealthy rancher with a passion not only for baseball but even more for helping young men get a good start in life, the Cowboys played on a "field of dreams" whose facilities rivaled those of professional ballparks. Many Cowboys went on to play in the big leagues, and several pro teams, including the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago White Sox, and St. Louis Browns, came to play exhibition games at Kokernot Field. The story of Herbert Kokernot Jr. and his Alpine Cowboys is a legend among baseball aficionados, but until now it has never been the subject of a book. DJ Stout, son of former Cowboys player Doyle Stout, presents a hall-of-fame-worthy collection of photographs, memorabilia, and reminiscences from Alpine Cowboys players, family members, and fans to capture fifteen years (1946–1961) of baseball at its finest. Nicholas Dawidoff's introduction, originally published in Sports Illustrated, tells the fascinating tale of "Mr. Herbert" and his determination to build a baseball team and ballpark that deserved to carry his ranch's 06 brand. One of the most heartwarming episodes in the annals of the game, The Amazing Tale of Mr. Herbert and His Fabulous Alpine Cowboys is a fitting tribute to a man, a team, and a ballpark.

Download or read book American Cowboy written by and published by . This book was released on 2003-05 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published for devotees of the cowboy and the West, American Cowboy covers all aspects of the Western lifestyle, delivering the best in entertainment, personalities, travel, rodeo action, human interest, art, poetry, fashion, food, horsemanship, history, and every other facet of Western culture. With stunning photography and you-are-there reportage, American Cowboy immerses readers in the cowboy life and the magic that is the great American West.

Download or read book Southwest Cowboys written by Lindsay McKenna and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stallion Tamer She was the youngest Dononvan sister. An innocent beauty whose sweet, trusting nature had once opened her heart to hurt. He was a loner. A man more comfortable around horses than people. A wrangler with a gift for taming even the most savage stallion on the Donovan ranch. When Jessica Donovan came face–to–face with Dan Black, every feminine instinct told her the rugged ranch hand was the man who could heal her wounded heart. But first she had to show the brooding cowboy the soothing strength of a woman's touch – and prove that she was indeed his destiny... The Cougar She had a heart of gold and a beauty to match her spirit. But she was a Donovan – the daughter of his arch enemy. He was strong and true, and something of a hero in Rachel's hometown. But years of strife between her ranching family and his made Jim Cunningham the one man she was forbidden to love. From the starry night he'd saved Rachel's life on a snowy mountaintop, Jim felt bound by this compelling woman. And though the rugged rescuer had faced many battles in his day, loving Rachel would be the greatest challenge of all.

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Download or read book Cattle Trails and Cowboys written by Sally Senzell Isaacs and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2004 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colorful illustrations and maps explain the life and times of the American cowboy from 1840 to 1890.

Download or read book The Cowboy Encyclopedia written by Richard W. Slatta and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1996 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 450 entries provide information on cowboy history, culture, and myth of both North and South America.

Download or read book The American Cowboy written by Joe B Frantz and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2016-02 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cowboy, America’s most popular folk hero, appeals to millions of readers of novels, histories, biographies, and folk tales. Cowboys command a vast audience on country radio, television, and at the movies, but what exactly is a cowboy? Authors Joe B. Frantz and Julian Ernest Choate, Jr., reveal the real, dyed-in-the-wool cowboy as a heroic being from the American past, who richly deserves to be understood in terms of reality, instead of myth. Here, then, is the definitive portrait of the American cowboy—in frontier history and in literature—reexamined, revitalized, and set in the proper perspective. Many exciting accounts of cowboy life have been presented by such talented writers as J. Evetts Haley, J. Frank Dobie, Wayne Gard, Walter Prescott Webb, Edward Everett Dale, Helena Huntington Smith, Ramon F. Adams, and C. L. Sonnichsen. But Frantz and Choate see the cowboy in relation to the entire panorama of western history and as part of a continuing tradition: “The American cowboy has carved a niche—niche nothing, it’s a gorge—in American affection as a folk hero, and in this role we have surveyed him.” The American Cowboy: The Myth and the Reality is illustrated with sixteen pages of the great cowboy photographs made more than a century ago by Erwin E. Smith.

Download or read book Cowboy Heroes of the Southwest written by Jim Olson and published by O Slash O LLC. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of biographical sketches of over thirty contemporary men and women in the Southwest, who have the characteristics of the original cowboys.

Download or read book Miners and Cowboys written by Ted Cogut and published by . This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a collection of stories dating from the time of the Apache wars up to the present. The authors write about Greenlee County, Arizona and the surrounding Southwest; a place steeped in history, where the romanticized stories of a Wild Old West were very real. Whether a history buff or not, the reader will find this book of 204 pages and 118 photos or drawings, 6x9 perfect bound, is a great read. Price: $24.95; add $4.50 for shipping. No shipping charge for 10 or more books.