The Modern Cowboy Author:John R. Erickson The American cowboy is a mythical character who refuses to die, — says author John R. Erickson. On the one hand he is a common — man: a laborer, a hired hand who works for wages. Yet in his — lonely struggle against nature and animal cunning, he becomes — larger than life. Who is this cowboy? Where did he come from — and where is he today... more »?
Erickson addresses these questions based on firsthand
observation and experience in Texas and Oklahoma. And in the
process of describing and defining the modern working cowboyhis
work, his tools and equipment, his horse, his roping technique, his
style of dress, his relationships with his wife and his employer
Erickson gives a thorough description of modern ranching, the
economic milieu in which the cowboy operates.« less