The Canadian Cowboy: Stories of Cows, Cowboys, and Cayuses [Lingua Inglese] - Rilegato

Russell, Andy

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ISBN 10: 0771078803 ISBN 13: 9780771078804

Casa editrice: McClelland & Stewart Ltd, 1994

Riassunto

In The Canadian Cowboy: Stories of Cows, Cowboys, and Cayuses, Andy Russell takes us on a winding trail through the history, legend, and lore of western life on this continent.
Starting with the ranches of Old Mexico, we follow through time first the Spanish vaqueros (whose language, rigging, and dress provided the roots of cowboy lingo and gear), then the American cowpunchers, who drove thousands of head of cattle across Texas and the plains of the southwest, on to the eastern railheads. In time their ranches spread west and north and eventually came over the line into western Canada.
The author dedicates his book to "all the old cowboys," and the adventures of such legendary figures as stock detective Jack Reid, outfitter Bert Riggall, bronco-buster John Ware, and entrepreneur Pat Burns fill these pages. We also meet lesser known but equally colourful characters such as Happy Jack Jackson, Henry "Frenchy" Riviere, and "Barbwire" John Spears. And, as he outlines the history of the cowboy, the cow, and the cayuse in this country, Andy Russell has stories of his own family to tell too.
Along the way we learn about everything from the origin of the word "maverick," to methods of branding, how to rope and throw a longhorn (a method Andy applied with dramatic results in his boyhood), the invention of barbed wire, which changed the shape of the West, the disappearance and later conservation of the buffalo, the evolution of the rodeo, why cayuses are superior to camels, the diet on a trail drive ("thousands of things - all of 'em beans"), and how the real world of the cowboy differs from the popularized Hollywood version.
Andy Russell, himself a long-time cowboy and a student of western history, brings to his topic both the richly lived experience of "Canada's best-known mountain man" and the storytelling talent that has won him over five hundred thousand readers worldwide. The Canadian Cowboy is a must for history lovers, enthusiasts of things western, and everyone who loves an entertaining story.

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L'autore:

Andy Russell, born in 1915, grew up on a ranch in the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains. He left high school in Lethbridge to head out to the Rockies as a trapper, then worked as a cowboy and ranch hand before becoming a trail guide. After thirty years of this, he began to photograph the wildlife around him, and to write about it. Soon he was a famous and best-selling author, with books such as Grizzly Country, Horns in the High Country, The High West, The Rockies, Memoirs of a Mountain Man, The Life of a River, and The Canadian Cowboy.

A member of the Order of Canada, the recipient of three honorary degrees, and an elected member of the Explorers Club, Andy Russell lives on a ranch bordering Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta.

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• Editore: McClelland & Stewart Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0771078803
• ISBN 13: 9780771078804
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Disegnatore: Brestler Don