Cowboy poets & cowboy poetry

Description:

"In bunkhouses or rodeo arenas, on the trail or around the campfire, cowboys have been creating and reciting poetry since the 1870s. In this comprehensive overview, folklorists, scholars, and cowboy poets join forces to explore the history and development of cowboy poetry and to celebrate those who sustain it."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Cowboys' writings, American,  History and criticism,  American poetry,  Cowboys,  Intellectual life,  In literature,  Cowboys in literature,  American poetry, history and criticism,  West (u.s.), in literature,  Ranch life in literature

Places: West (U.S.)