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A cowboy of the Pecos

Title
A cowboy of the Pecos / Patrick Dearen.
Author
Dearen, Patrick
Publication
Guilford, Connecticut ; Helena, Montana : Lone Star Books, [2017]

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Description
217 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Summary
"In the late 1880s, the Pecos River region of Texas and southern New Mexico was known as "the cowboy's paradise." And the cowboys who worked in and around the river were known as "the most expert cowboys in the world." A Cowboy of the Pecos vividly reveals tells the story of the Pecos cowboy from the first Goodnight-Loving cattle drive to the 1920s. These meticulously researched and entertaining stories offer a glimpse into a forgotten and yet mythologized era. Includes archival photographs."--Provided by publisher.
Subject
  • Ranch life > Pecos River Region (N.M. and Tex.)
  • Cowboys > Pecos River Region (N.M. and Tex.) > History
  • HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
  • Cowboys
  • Ranch life
  • Pecos River Region (N.M. and Tex.) > Biography
  • United States > Pecos River Region
Genre/Form
  • Biography.
  • History.
  • Biographies.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-207) and index.
Contents
The cowboy's paradise -- The California Cattle Trail -- The Goodnight-Loving Trail -- The Pecos Trail hand -- Hoof and arrow -- Thundering herds -- Cattle kings come to the Pecos of Texas -- The open range cowboy of the Pecos -- Loafers, diamondbacks, and wild horses -- The big drift -- The big dry -- The Pecos comes under fence -- The big thirst -- Epilogue.
ISBN
  • 9781493024162
  • 1493024167
LCCN
2016042904
OCLC
  • ocn945947241
  • SCSB-14039046
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library