Cowboy's lament : a life on the open range / Frank Maynard ; edited and Introduced by Jim Hoy ; fore...
Cowboy's lament : a life on the open range / Frank Maynard ; edited and Introduced by Jim Hoy ; fore...
Cowboy's lament : a life on the open range / Frank Maynard ; edited and Introduced by Jim Hoy ; foreword by David Stanley.
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Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, c2010.
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N818.409/23
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English
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xxxii, 216 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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-- Maynard's poetry -- Rhymes of the range and trail -- Poems from the Colorado Springs gazette and telegraph -- Unpublished poem, "My faith" -- Maynard's journalism -- 1874 an epochal year -- How noted Peace O...
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Publisher
Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, c2010.
Place of Publication
Texas
Date Published
c2010.
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"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...
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Cowboy's lament : a life on the open range / Frank Maynard ; edited and Introduced by Jim Hoy ; foreword by David Stanley.
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Voice in the American West.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2010.
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N818.409/23
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74VvdoPDDWgg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvdoPDDWgg
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089672705X (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780896727052 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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818.409
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991005966129702626
