Like any legendary figure, the cowboy is part myth and part reality, memorialized by history and Hollywood, envied by those who spend days at desks and dream of trading swivel chairs for saddles. The writings in this anthology serve as testament to the cultural love, bordering on obsession, of the American cowboy. These works cover the gamut, from the romanticized movie cowboy to ranchers, freelancers, and contemporary wranglers who wear hoodies and work in massive feedlot pens. The cowboy that emerges from this collection is multifaceted, as the book juxtaposes cowboys spraying longhorns at a car wash to cowboys advertising services on Craigslist and Pepsi-drinking cowboys riding Amtrak trains. There are portraits of the old cowboys, crotchety coffee-swigging men with too many stories about how things were better four decades ago. However, the figure remains one constructed of loyalties—loyalty to work, loyalty to family, loyalty to animals, loyalty to the land. The image of the cowboy is vivid in our imagination, insperable from Western mythology, a means to connect ourselves with the wild and rugged individuals we dream we used to be. In this age of computers and cubicles we want to touch and preserve that history, but we must allow for shifting traditions. As the thirty-five authors in this collection will remind you, even cowboys carry cell phones.

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Project MUSE (https://muse.jhu.edu/)

Edited by Teresa Milbrodt

Christopher Schroeder

Western Press Books,

Chicago Distribution Center (CDC Presses), Gunnison, Colorado, 2013

United States, United States of America

Manifest West Series, Boulder, 2013

2, 20130915

producers:
Muse-DL/1.1.2

Cover 1
Title Page, Copyright, Editorial Board 2
Contents 7
Foreword 12
Detail of the Four Chambers to the Horse’s Heart 16
Hoof Rot 18
Cowboy 19
Longhorn at the Car Wash 20
The Bad Guy 21
Late Harvest 22
Those Montana Men 23
Rebellion 24
Letter to Weingarten Written as the Script for an Imaginary Western 26
The Hero with a Thousand Faces Rides Again 28
Chico Hot Springs Saloon, MT 29
Working Below Zero 31
Horses and Cowboys Suffer Together 32
Trail Ride 34
Blood Brothers 38
Simile 40
To Pray at the Altar of this Horse 41
Lucky Says 43
More . . . Your Gunslinger Shadow Grows Amber 44
Assisted Living in a Rocking Chair 45
Carrying Our Loads 46
A Rancher’s Rainstorm 47
The Cattle 49
Ode to Robert McClure 51
Raw 52
After Chores 53
Cowboys 54
The Ranch Woman’s Secret 56
First Rodeo 57
Burial for Horsemen 59
Big Horn Passover 60
Long After Memory Is Gone 62
Sonnets of Selecting an Appaloosa 64
Three Haiku 66
Prayers for the World 67
Cowboy Stories 68
Real Cowboy 78
The Society Of Pardners To Melt Alaska 85
Eight Fragments from My Grandfather’s Body 92
Feedlot Cowboy 102
Hiding in the Cornrows 122
Calving Time 131
Contributor Notes 134
About the Editors and Designer 143
Publisher:University Press of Colorado,Published:2013,ISBN:9781607322900,Related ISBN:9781607322894,Language:English,OCLC:858277787
Like any legendary figure, the cowboy is part myth and part reality, memorialized by history and Hollywood, envied by those who spend days at desks and dream of trading swivel chairs for saddles. The writings in this anthology serve as testament to the cultural love, bordering on obsession, of the American cowboy. These works cover the gamut, from the romanticized movie cowboy to ranchers, freelancers, and contemporary wranglers who wear hoodies and work in massive feedlot pens.The cowboy that emerges from this collection is multifaceted, as the book juxtaposes cowboys spraying longhorns at a car wash to cowboys advertising services on Craigslist and Pepsi-drinking cowboys riding Amtrak trains. There are portraits of the old cowboys, crotchety coffee-swigging men with too many stories about how things were better four decades ago. However, the figure remains one constructed of loyalties—loyalty to work, loyalty to family, loyalty to animals, loyalty to the land.The image of the cowboy is vivid in our imagination, insperable from Western mythology, a means to connect ourselves with the wild and rugged individuals we dream we used to be. In this age of computers and cubicles we want to touch and preserve that history, but we must allow for shifting traditions. As the thirty-five authors in this collection will remind you, even cowboys carry cell phones.

Cover; Contents; Foreword; Poetry; Detail Of The Four Chambers Tothe Horse�s Heart; Hoof Rot; Cowboy; Longhorn At The Car Wash; The Bad Guy; Late Harvest; Those Montana Men; Rebellion; Letter To Weingarten Written As The Script For An Imaginary Western; The Hero With A Thousand Faces Rides Again; Chico Hot Springs Saloon, Mt; Working Below Zero; Horses And Cowboys Suffer Together; Trail Ride; Blood Brothers; Simile; To Pray At The Altar Of This Horse; Lucky Says More . . . Your Gunslinger Shadow Grows Amberassisted Living In A Rocking Chair; Carrying Our Loads; A Rancher�s Rainstorm; The Cattle; Ode To Robert Mcclure; Raw; After Chores; Cowboys; The Ranch Woman�s Secret; First Rodeo; Burial For Horsemen; Big Horn Passover; Long After Memory Is Gone; Sonnets Of Selecting An Appaloosa; Three Haiku; Prayers For The World; Fiction; Cowboy Stories; Real Cowboy; The Society Of Pardners To Melt Alaska; Essays; Eight Fragments From My Grandfather�s Body Feedlot Cowboyhiding In The Cornrows; Calving Time; Contributors; About The Editors And Designer Editor, Teresa Milbrodt.

2022-03-08