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Cowboy's lament : a life on the open range
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"In memoir, poetry, and prose, describes the adventures of Frank Maynard, an open range cowboy whose ten-year career coincided with the peak of the Great Plains trail-drive era. Folklore scholars c...
"In memoir, poetry, and prose, describes the adventures of Frank Maynard, an open range cowboy whose ten-year career coincided with the peak of the Great Plains trail-drive era. Folklore scholars credit Maynard with adapting Irish ballad 'The Unfortunate Rake' from its American version to the well known 'The Cowboy's Lament'"--Provided by publisher.
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- Creator
- Frank Maynard ; edited and Introduced by Jim Hoy ; foreword by David Stanley
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- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Lubbock, Tex. : Texas Tech University Press, [2010]
- ©2010
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- xxxii, 216 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780896727052, 089672705X
- OCLC
- ocn613292911
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction : a brief life of Francis Henry Maynard -- The recollections of F.H. Maynard -- Maynard's poetry -- Rhymes of the range and trail -- Poems from the Colorado Springs gazette and telegraph -- Unpublished poem, "My faith" -- Maynard's journalism -- 1874 an epochal year -- How noted Peace Officer Tilghman nearly met his end in roundup of pony rustlers -- A reminiscence -- Maynard's American magazine contest entry -- Glossary of names
Subjects
- Maynard, Frank, 1853-1926.
- Cowboys' writings, American.
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
- Cowboys -- West (U.S.) -- Biography.
- Cowboys -- Poetry.
- Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- History.
- West (U.S.) -- Poetry.
- West (U.S.) -- History -- 19th century.
- Great Plains -- History -- 19th century.