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Author : Peter Watts
Publisher : Wings
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 18,22 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Americanisms
ISBN : 9780517119136
The hybrid language of the frontier is revealed in this compilation of terms used by the cattlemen, frontiersmen, scouts, cowboys, and gamblers.
Author : Peter Watts
Publisher :
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 35,79 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Americanisms
ISBN : 9780883940693
A fascinating dictionary of terms from the Wild West of 1850 to 1900 lists the origins and meanings of many currently used expressions and phrases, noting their frequent adaptations from original Mexican words.
Author : Bobbie Kalman
Publisher : Crabtree Publishing Company
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 48,33 MB
Release : 2007-10
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780778735038
A visual dictionary of the Old West that focuses on the life of cowboys, western settlers, boomtowns, and the gold rush.
Author : Ramon Adams
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,80 MB
Release : 1997-11
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780781805902
Western Words has 5,000 words of cowboy language as vibrant now as it was in the old American frontier. "Within the cowman's figures of speech lie the rich field of his subtle humor and strength-unique, original, full-flavored. With his usually limited education he squeezes the juice from language, molds it to suit his needs, and is a genius at making a verb out of anything. He 'don't have to fish 'round for no decorated language to make his meanin' clear, ' and has little patience with the man who 'spouts words that run eight to the pound.' Perhaps the strength and originality in his speech are due to the solitude, the nearness of the stars, the bigness of the country, and the far horizons-all of which give him a chance to think clearly and go into the depths of his own mind. Wide spaces 'don't breed chatterboxes.' On his long and lonely rides, he is not forced to listen to the scandal and idle gossip that dwarf a man's mind. Quite frequently he has no one to talk to but a horse..." -from the author's Introduction
Author : Peter Watts
Publisher : Promontory
Page : pages
File Size : 22,46 MB
Release : 1989-05-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780831723545
The hybrid language of the frontier is revealed in this compilation of terms used by the cattlemen, frontiersmen, scouts, cowboys, and gamblers
Author : Winfred Blevins
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,4 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Americanisms
ISBN : 9781570613043
Anyone who loves language will revel in the words, stories and lore found in this uncommon resource that honours the colourful history of the West and brings the region to vivid life.
Author : Ramon F. Adams
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,96 MB
Release : 1998-03
Category :
ISBN : 9780756765019
This book, originally published in 1944, has 5,000 words of cowboy language as vibrant now as it was in the old American frontier. The native cowman forged his own language. Like other men of the soil, he created similes & metaphors, salty & unrefined, but sparkling with stimulating vigor. In the early days, many men with college degrees came west, fell in love with the freedom of range life, & remained. Not bound by conventions, they soon drifted into the infectious parlance of the cow country. This volume has been prepared to help preserve this lingo for posterity. The terms have been gathered from every part of the range. Within the cowman's figures of speech lie the rich field of his subtle humor & strength -- unique, original, full-flavored. Illus.
Author : Jeremy Agnew
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 31,69 MB
Release : 2017-04-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1476664471
Western movies are full of images of swaggering outlaws brought to justice by valiant lawmen shooting them down in daring gunfights before riding off into the sunset. In reality it would not have happened that way. Real lawmen did not simply walk away from a gunfight--they had to face the legal system and justify shooting a civilian in the line of duty. Providing a more realistic view of criminal justice in the Old West, this history focuses on how criminals came into conflict with the law and how the law responded. The process is described in detail, from the common crimes of the day--such as train robbery and cattle theft--to the methods of apprehending criminals to their adjudication and punishment by incarceration, flogging or hanging.
Author : Richard W. Slatta
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 43,15 MB
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393314731
Over 450 entries provide information on cowboy history, culture, and myth of both North and South America.
Author : Robert G. Athearn
Publisher :
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 16,89 MB
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN :
Briefly describes life in the West, and discusses the ephemeral nature of the region, western towns, the tourist industry, agriculture, fiction, and the ecology movement.