A cowboy of the Pecos / Patrick Dearen.
Material type: TextPublisher: Guilford, Connecticut : Lone Star Books, [2017]Copyright date: 2017Description: 1 online resource (225 pages) : illustrations (some color), map, portraitsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781493024179 (e-book)Subject(s): Ranch life -- Pecos River Region (N.M. and Tex.) | Cowboys -- Pecos River Region (N.M. and Tex.) -- History | Pecos River Region (N.M. and Tex.) -- BiographyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cowboy of the Pecos.DDC classification: 976.4/9 LOC classification: F392.P3 | D429 2017Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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