The Cowboy Encyclopedia
- ISBN-10
- 0393314731
- ISBN-13
- 9780393314731
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 476
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1996
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Author
- Richard W. Slatta
Description
Over 450 entries provide information on cowboy history, culture, and myth of both North and South America.
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