Product Description

Twenty of the finest stories in this well-loved and uniquely American genre.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #25552 in Books
• Published on: 2004-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9781592282586
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review

From the Back Cover
Tales of Cowpunchers, Cattle Drives, and Caballeros

There’s nothing more American than a good cowboy story. Collected in these pages are eighteen of the finest fictional works and true narratives about life on the range, all having stood the test of time. Covering all corners of the great Western expanse, these stories feature cowpokes of every ilk - anglo males, Mexicans, women - and colorful characters such as the Cisco Kid, a surprisingly cold-hearted killer created by O. Henry. Some of the stories praise the legendary cowpuncher, while others poke fun. Some are lively tales of adventure and romance, while others offer rare glimpses into the real-life world of the cattleman. Each will transport you to an all-but-vanished place and time.
With contributions from:
Owen Wister • Zane Grey • Isabella L. Bird • Theodore Roosevelt • O. Henry • William MacLeod Raine • Frederic Remington • F. R. Buckley • Clarence E. Mulford • B. M. Bowers • Frank Benton • Bill Nye • Stewart Edward White • Eugene Manlove Rhodes • Emerson Hough

About the Author
Michael McCoy, born and bred in the Cowboy State (Wyoming), is managing editor of Jackson Hole magazine and a field editor for Adventure Cyclist. He has authored nine books, including Montana: Off the Beaten Path and The Wild West. His travel and recreation pieces have appeared in numerous magazines and compilations by National Geographic, The Discovery Channel, and other publishers. He lives in Victor, Idaho.

Customer Reviews

Enjoyable Cowboy Stories - both fiction and biography
Michael McCoy has compiled an enjoyable collection of eighteen cowboy tales written in the late 1800s and early 1900s. I had expected Classic Cowboy Stories to be entirely fictional short stories. However, many entries are chapters taken from novels, biographies, and travel writings. McCoy was careful in his choices; these selections function quite effectively as independent stories. There is no sense of fragmentation or incompleteness.

Several authors were familiar like Owen Wister, Theodore Roosevelt, Frederic Remington, Zane Grey, and O. Henry, but most were new to me, including William MacLeod Raine, Clarence Mulford, Isabella Bird, F. R. Buckley, B. M. Bowers, Frank Benton, Bill Nye, Stewart Edward White, Eugene Rhodes, and Emerson Hough. For those that are counting, there are only fifteen authors; Owen Wister, Zane Grey, and O. Henry each had two selections.

I quite enjoyed these varied stories and I now make a few predictions. First, at some point I will return to this collection and read these stories again. Second, I will track down and read the sources of several of the biographical selections, particularly Theodore Roosevelt's Ranch Life and the Hunting-Trail (1888), Isabella L. Bird's A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains (1879), and Frederick Remington's Pony Tracks (1895). And third, I will once again read those two classic westerns, Owen Wister's The Virginian and Zane Grey's Riders of the Purple Sage.

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I bought this for my grandpa for christmas, the print is a little small-but he enjoyed the book

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I bought this book as a gift for my husband's birthday, he enjoyed it very much. I was impressed by the way it was wrapped for shipping and the promptness I received it. Thanks Amy Jones