Real American Cowboy ~ Weston

Description

From the western & Civil War research/reference library of Jerry Crandall

Real American Cowboy 

by Jack Weston

Condition; good, minor shelf wear on soft cover.

New Amsterdam Books, 1985

Here is a fascinating account of real life in the wild west – not as glamrous as in the movies, but full of the excitement of a hard and dangerous trade. Descriptions of the lives of black cowboys, Mexican cowboys and women cowhands round out the history of the time. In analyzing the differences between the myth and historical reality, this book offers an important new assessment of the western – and the west – in fiction, film and life.