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Cowboy Culture and History

F596.A22 1939 Abbott, Edward Charles and Tyler, Ronnie C. We Pointed Them North: Recollections of a Cowpuncher. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, Incorporated, [1939].

PZ 3.A21 L5 Adams, Andy. Log of a Cowboy: A Narrative of the Old Trail Days. Boston: Riverside Press, [1903].

F596 .A378 Allard, William Albert. Vanishing Breed: Photographs of the Cowboy and the West. Bston: Little, Brown, and Company, [1982].

F1210 .A747 1999 Ancona, George. Charro: The Mexican Cowboy. 1st ed. San Diego: Harcourt Brace, [1999].

F596.B23 1991 Ball, Robert W. D. and Vebell, Ed. Cowboy Collectibles and Western Memorabilia. West Chester: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., [1991].

GT617.W47B43 1993 Beard, Tyler and Arndt, Jim. 100 Years of Western Wear. Salt Lake City: Gibbs-Smith Publisher, [1993].

F596.B82 1926 Branch, Edward Douglas. Cowboy and His Interpreters. 1st ed. New York: D. Appleton and Company, [1926].

HD9433.U52B8 Brayer, Garnet M. American Cattle Trails 1540-1900. Bayside: American Pioneer Trails Association, [1952].

F596 .B86 Brown, Dee Alexander. Trail Driving Days. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1974].

F596 .B87 Brown, Mark Herbert and Felton, William Reid. Before Barbed Wire. 1st ed., New York: Holt, [1956].

F596 .C8773 2000 Carlson, Paul Howard. The Cowboy Way: An Exploration of History and Culture. Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech University Press, [2000].

F596.D25 Dale, Edward Everett. Cow Country. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1965].

SF196.U5D18 1930 Dale, Edward Everett. Range Cattle Industry : Ranching on the Great Plains from 1865 to 1925. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1930].

F596.D29 1981 Dary, David. Cowboy Culture: A Saga of Five Centuries. New York: Avon Books, [1982].

F391.D63 1955 Dobie, J. Frank and Young, John Duncan. Vaquero of the Brush Country. 7th printing. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, [1929].

SF199.L6D6 Dobie, J. Frank and Lea, Tom. Longhorns. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, [1941].

F596.F75 Frantz, Joe Bertram and Choate, Julian Ernest. American Cowboy: The Myth & the Reality. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1955].

F786.H23 1937 Halsell, H. H. Cowboys and Cattleland. Nashville: Parthenon Press, [1937].

F596.H37 Hassrick, Royal B. Cowboys: The Real Story of Cowboys and Cattlemen. 1st ed. London: Octopus Books, Ltd., [1974].

F811.H86H84 1984 Hughes, Stella and Beeler, Joe. Hashknife Cowboy: Recollections of Mack Hughes. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, [1984].

F596.J28 1995 James, Will. Cowboys North and South. Missoula: Mountain Press Publishing Company, [1995].

F596.L5 Lemmon, Ed and Yost, Nellie Irene Snyder. Boss Cowman: The Recollections of Ed Lemmon 1857-1946. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, [1969].

F596.M68 1994 Mora, Joseph Jacinto. Trail Dust and Saddle Leather. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1946].

F864.M743 Mora, Joseph Jacinto. Californios: The Saga of the Hard-riding Vaqueros, America's First Cowboys. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., [1949].

F866.M85 1989 Morris, Ernest. El Vaquero. Templeton: E. Morris, [1989].

TR140.S59P75 1998 Price, B. Byron and Smith, Erwin E. Imagining the Open Range: Erwin E. Smith, Cowboy Photographer. Fort Worth: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, [1998].

F596.R36 1995 Reynolds, William and Rand, Ritch. The Cowboy Hat Book. Salt Lake City: Gibbs-Smith Publisher, [1995].

E18.7.R53 1998 Rice, James. Vaqueros. Gretna: Pelican Publishing Company, [1998].

F596.R95 1989 Ryan, Kathleen Jo. Ranching Traditions: Legacy of the American West. New York: Abbeville Press, [1989].

F596.S17 1994 Sandler, Martin W. Cowboys. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, [1994].

F596.S238 Savage, William W. The Cowboy Hero: His Image in American History & Culture. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1986].

F596.S24 Savage, William W. Cowboy Life: Reconstructing an American Myth. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1975].

E20.S57 1990 Slatta, Richard W. Cowboys of the Americas. 1st ed. New Haven: Yale University Press, [1990].

F596 .S74 Soule, Gardner. The Long Trail: How Cowboys & Longhorns Opened the West. 1st ed. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., [1976].

F596.A46 1983 Taylor, Lonn and Maar, Ingrid. American Cowboy. 1st ed. New York: Harper & Row Publishing Co., [1983].

F596.W68 1996 Witney, Dudley and Price, B. Byron. Cowboys of the American West. San Diego, CA: Thunder Bay Press, [1996].

F786.W868 1998 Worcester, Donald Emmet and Smith, Erwin E. Cowboy with a Camera; Erwin E. Smith, Cowboy Photographer. Fort Worth: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, [1998].

F596.Z38 1994 Zauner, Phyllis. The Cowboy: An American Legend: A Mini-History. Sonoma: Zanel Publications, [1994].

F596.Z87 Zurhorst, Charles. The First Cowboys and Those Who Followed. New York: Abelard Schuman, [1973].


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Cowboy Gear


SF85.W3 Ward, Fay E. The Cowboy at Work: All About His Job and How He Does It. 2nd printing. New York: Hastings House, [1976].

F594.R527 1976 Rickey, Don and Crawford, Dale. $10 Horse, $40 Saddle: Cowboy Clothing, Arms, Tools, and Horse Gear of the 1880's. Fort Collins: Old Army Press, [1976].

SF309.9 .M36 Ahlborn, Richard E. Man Made Mobile: Early Saddles of Western North America. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [1980].

TS1032.B38 1997 Beard, Casey and DeGabriele, Dale. Tools of the Cowboy Trade; Today's Crafters of Saddles, Bits, Spurs and Trappings. Salt Lake City: Gibbs-Smith Publisher, [1997].

F596.M24 1996 Manns, William and Berney, Charlotte. Cowboys & the Trappings of the Old West. 1st ed. Santa Fe, NM: Zon International Publishing Company, [1997].

SF309.9.B42 Beatie, Russel H. Saddles. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1981].

F596.H867 1995 Hutchins, Dan. Old Cowboy Saddles and Spurs: Identifying the Craftsmen Who Made Them - Sixth Edition. Santa Fe, NM: Hutchins Publishing Co., [1996].

GV1834.3.K38 1980 Kauffman, Sandra. The Cowboy Catalog. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., [1980].

SF309.9.M35 1996 Malm, Gerhard A. Bits and Bridles: An Encyclopedia. Valley Falls, KS: Grasshopper Publishers, [1996].

SF309.9.M37 1997 Martin, Ned and Martin, Jody. Bit and Spur Makers in the Vaquero Tradition : Historical Perspective. Nicasio, CA: Hawk Hill Press, [1997].

SF 309.0.M37 2000 Martin, Ned. Bit and spur makers in the Texas tradition: a historical perspective. Nicasio, CA : Hawk Hill Press, [2000].

TS729.M56 1996 Miller, Ben and Basinger, J. Martin. Artistry in Silver and Steel: The Adolph Bayers Legend. Keene, TX: J. M. Basinger, [1996].

SF287.O7 Ortega, Luis B. California Hackamore: An Authentic Story of the Use of the Hackamore. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1974].

TT220 .P37 1990 Pattie, Jane. Cowboy Spurs and Their Makers. 1st ed. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, [1991].

F596.R36 1995 Reynolds, William and Rand, Ritch. The Cowboy Hat Book. Salt Lake City: Gibbs -Smith Publisher, [1995].

GT 2110.H46 Henderson, Debbie. "Cowboys & Hatters: Bond Street, Sagebrush, and the Silver Screen" Wild Goose Press, Yellow Springs, OH [1996].

F596.R75 Rollins, Philip Ashton. The Cowboy: His Characteristics, His Equipment. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1922].

TS1032 .S47 1988 Sherer, Richard L. Horseman's Handbook of Western Saddles. 2nd ed., Franktown, CO: Sherer Custom Saddles, [1988].

Stoecklein, David R. Cowboy Gear: A Photographic Portrayal of the Early Cowboys and Their Equipment. Ketchum, ID: Dober Hill, Ltd., [1993].

SF309.T28 Taylor, Louis. Bits: Their History, Use, and Misuse. New York: Harper & Row Publishing Co., [1966].

SF309.9.T8 1969 Tuke, Kiana Rosemary. Bit by Bit: a Guide to Equine Bits. South Brunswick: A. S. Barnes, [1965].


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Chuck Wagon Cooking

F596 .C24 1997 Cano, Tony and Sochat, Ann. Chuck Wagon Heyday: The History & Color of the Chuck Wagon at Work. Canutillo, TX: Reata Pub., [1997].

Dewey Cano, Tony. Dutch Oven Cooking with Tony Cano: A Complete Dutch Oven Cooking Guide Including 74 Delicious Recipes for Outdoor Use, Utilizing Charcoal Briquets, or Indoors, Utilizing Your Conventional Stove Top Burners and Oven. Canutillo, TX: Reata Publishing Co., [1997].

TX715.2.W47G87 2000 Gunderson, Mary. Cowboy Cooking. Mankato, MN: Blue Earth Books, [2000].

TX823.H6 Holm, Don. The Old-fashioned Dutch Oven Cookbook; Complete with Authentic Sourdough Baking, Smoking Fish and Game, Making Jerky, Pemmican, and Other Lost Campfire Arts. Caldwell: Caxton Printers, Ltd., [1969].

TX823.H8 Hughes, Stella. Chuck Wagon Cookin'. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, [1974].

TX715.2.W47M43 1988 Medley, Wild Wes. Original Cowboy Cookbook: Authentic Recipes from Bunkhouse, Chuck Wagon, Cook Shack, Line Shack, Saloon, Trail Drive Cooking, and Main House: Recipes from 1840's. Cairo, NE: Original Western Publications, [1989].

TX715.2.W47V57 1994 Price, B. Byron. National Cowboy Hall of Fame Chuck Wagon Cookbook: Authentic Recipes from the Ranch and the Range. New York: Hearst Books, [1995].

TX840.D88R57 1990 Ririe, Robert L. Doin' Dutch Oven: Inside and Out. Bountiful: Horizon Publishers, [1990].

TX823.R48 Ririe, Robert L. Let's Cook Dutch: A Complete Guide for the Dutch Oven Chef. Bountiful, UT: Horizon, [1979].

TX823.S65 Smith, Byron J. Roundup of Western Outdoor Cooking. Tahlequah: Pan Press, [1960].

Juvenile Reading Materials on Cowboys and Western History


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Videos
VC00171 Kurtis, Bill. The Real Cowboy: Portrait of an American Icon. Videorecording, Chicago: Kurtis Productions & A & E Network, [2000].


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