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Cowboy's lament : a life on the open range
- Title
- Cowboy's lament : a life on the open range / Frank Maynard ; edited and Introduced by Jim Hoy ; foreword by David Stanley.
- Author
- Maynard, Frank, 1853-1926.
- Publication
- Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, c2010.
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- Additional Authors
- Hoy, James F.
- Description
- xxxii, 216 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "In memoir, poetry, and prose, describes the adventures of Frank Maynard, an open range cowboy whose ten-year career coincided with the peak of the Great Plains trail-drive era. Folklore scholars credit Maynard with adapting Irish ballad 'The Unfortunate Rake' from its American version to the well known 'The Cowboy's Lament'"--Provided by publisher.
- Series Statement
- Voice in the American West
- Uniform Title
- Voice in the American West.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction : a brief life of Francis Henry Maynard -- The recollections of F.H. Maynard -- Maynard's poetry -- Rhymes of the range and trail -- Poems from the Colorado Springs gazette and telegraph -- Unpublished poem, "My faith" -- Maynard's journalism -- 1874 an epochal year -- How noted Peace Officer Tilghman nearly met his end in roundup of pony rustlers -- A reminiscence -- Maynard's American magazine contest entry -- Glossary of names.
- Call Number
- JFE 11-380
- ISBN
- 9780896727052 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 089672705X (hardcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2010016620
- OCLC
- YBP 2010016620
- Author
- Maynard, Frank, 1853-1926.
- Title
- Cowboy's lament : a life on the open range / Frank Maynard ; edited and Introduced by Jim Hoy ; foreword by David Stanley.
- Imprint
- Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, c2010.
- Series
- Voice in the American WestVoice in the American West.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Hoy, James F.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 11-380