RAWHIDE RHYMES Author:S. Omar Barker Buckaroo ballads and saddlebag songs. — Here is a collection of down-to-earth, high-spirited and often humorous verse on the Old West -- over one hundred fifty selected and most requested poems by one of the best beloved storytellers and poets of the American Southwest. — "It's as western as sagebrush, authentic as a brush-scuffed old boot, and fu... more »ll of the warm-hearted humor that seems always to be a part of 'the men who ride where the range is wide.'" So writes Fred Gipson, author of the classic Ole Yeller in his entertaining and perceptive foreword.
To further enhance this appealing collection, the noted Western artist, Nicholas Eggenhofer, has contributed drawings of rare and rugged beauty.« less