The Cowboy uses literary, historical, folkloric, and pop cultural sources to document the cowboy's role in the culture of the American West. In doing so, Allmendinger makes use of early oral poems recited by cowboys in the course of their work, and later poems, histories, and autobiographies written by cowboys - most of which have never before been studied by scholars.
Using literary, historical and popular cultural sources as well as folklore, this volume explores the cowboy's role in the American West. It makes use of early oral poems recited by cowboys, as well as histories and autobiographies, to demonstrate the importance of the cowboy's presence.
