Poems Of The Old West

Author : Robert Mezey
Publisher : Everyman's Library
ISBN 13 : 0375414592
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poems of the American West written by Robert Mezey and published by Everyman's Library. This book was released on 2002-09-10 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this provocative and thoughtful anthology, many voices join in illuminating the remarkably vast and varied American West. The verse collected here ranges from American Indian tribal poems to old folk songs like “The Streets of Laredo,” from country-western lyrics to the work of such foreign poets as Bertolt Brecht and Zbigniew Herbert. Here is the West in all its rich variety–the harsh life of farms and ranches; man’s destructive invasion into forest and desert solitudes; the bars and bistros of San Francisco and Hollywood; Pacific surf and endless highways; the ghost towns, the poverty, and the legendary world of cowpunchers and gunslingers. From Robert Frost’s “Once by the Pacific” to Charles Bukowski’s “Vegas,” from Fred Koller’s “Lone Star State of Mind” to Thom Gunn’s “San Francisco Streets”–the West is evoked in all its incarnations, both actual and mythic.

Author : Eric Ode
Publisher : Meadowbrook
ISBN 13 : 9781416936770
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tall Tales of the Wild West written by Eric Ode and published by Meadowbrook. This book was released on 2007-06-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of funny tall tales featuring cowboys, cowgirls, and other characters from the Wild West.

Author : Christopher Hooten
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781888215281
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Old West Poems written by Christopher Hooten and published by . This book was released on 2020-11 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Old West Poems depicts the lifestyle of cowboys in the American West. Cowboys blazed trails as they moved cattle to market in Kansas and Nebraska. It describes their adventures and many of the poems are historically factual.

Author : Bob Frost
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781440170119
Total Pages : 124 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poems about the Old West and New written by Bob Frost and published by . This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cowboy Poems about the Old West and New is a collection of original poems the author wrote as he explored the west and rode with the Verde Vaqueros of Scottsdale, AZ. Some of the poems are simple stories with a surprise humorous ending, while others take on a more serious pondering. Some of the poems are descriptive, others, metaphorical and even mystic.

Author : Bob Frost
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1440170126
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cowboy Poems About the Old West and New written by Bob Frost and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-10-30 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his first poetry book, A Sweet Place to Play, Author Bob Frost compiled his collection of work from over thirty years. Cowboy Poems about the Old West and New is a collection of original poems the author wrote as he explored the west and rode with the Verde Vaqueros of Scottsdale, AZ. Bob tries to imagine what it must have been like in the old west. He wondered what they thought about and what humorous events might have taken place. Some of the poems are simple stories with a surprise humorous ending, while others take on a more serious pondering. In Chapter three he shares a different style in some of the poetry; some are more descriptive, others, metaphorical and even mystic. Living in Scottsdale, Arizona for almost forty years has given the author close ties and interest in the old west as well as experience in the new. In addition to being a poet, he is an auctioneer, enjoys golf, fishing and music.

Author : Arthur Chapman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Out where the West Begins written by Arthur Chapman and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493008420
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book National Cowboy Poetry Gathering written by and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering is the granddaddy of all cowboy poetry events, proclaimed by the US Senate in 2000 in recognition of its pioneering role in the preservation and revitalization of this important American tradition. In conjunction with the 30th anniversary of the event, this commemorative volume collects 100 poems by various cowboy poets who have appeared at the gathering over the last three decades, from Baxter Black and Wallace McRae to Georgie Sicking and Paul Zarzyski. Representing the best contemporary cowboy poetry from the first gathering to the present, the poets and poems are culled for their importance and quality with consideration for a wide range of topics that represent the richness and depth of this broad genre. In addition to poems that will make you smile, sigh, or sit up straight in your saddle, the anthology features expressive photos of the contributors, biographical and explanatory headnotes, relevant artwork from the Western Folklife Center's extensive archives, and illuminating sidebars on various topics such as working cattle; life on the land; the relationship between cowboy poetry and song; gear, horses, or cattle mentioned in poems; and profiles and photos of important cowboy poets from earlier times. Cowboy poet extraordinare Baxter Black will provide a foreword, and Charlie Seemann, executive director of the Western Folklife Center, will write an introduction that gives context both to the event itself and to cowboy poetry in general, from the days of the trail drives in the nineteenth century to the lives of the hardworking men and women who still ranch and live on the land in the West today.

Author : Linda M. Hasselstrom
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bitter Creek Junction written by Linda M. Hasselstrom and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The West found in Linda Hasselstrom's poems is neither the mythical Old West nor the New West of ranchettes and trophy homes. Hasselstrom's aria is set to the rhythms of the authentic West, laced with lyrical realism, and distilled to the sharp crispness of a plains morning. Here you'll find the night heron whose "slender beak descends, a sudden hammer on a silver spine." You'll "give yourself sunsets]]in shades of pink and gold" while "long tatters curl eastward like discarded ribbons."

Author : Virginia Bennett
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
ISBN 13 : 9781586853495
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cowboy Poetry written by Virginia Bennett and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2004 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Cowboy Poetry: The Reunion we lift our lariats and salute twenty years of poetry sharing at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada. Reflective and rascally, tough and fresh, clever and insightful, this book holds the history, the heritage, and the future of the vibrant voices of the West. This anthology comprises some of the best of traditional cowboy poetry predating the present cowboy poetry revival, as well as work created since 1985. It is a great retrospective, giving us a sense of where we have been and where we are going, as well as a fitting tribute to the men and women whose words reflect an authentic American West. Virginia Bennett is the editor of Cowgirl Poetry, also published by Gibbs Smith, Publisher.

Author : Levette Jay Davidson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Poems of the Old West written by Levette Jay Davidson and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: