Cowboy Culture: A Saga of Five Centuries
"Comprehensive and entertaining. . . . Full of wry anecdotes."  --Time"Dary tells the unvarnished truth about cowboys and analyzes the cultural force of the cowboy myth."  --New York times Book Review"Evocative reading. . . . A kind of source book for all the Westerns you've ever seen and are ever likely to see."  --Los Angeles Times"Fun and enriching, packed with original research."  --Chicago Sun-Times"If one were going to buy a single book on the cowboy and his life, this ought to be it."  --South Dakota History"The definitive treatment of the cowboy. . . . Impressive in its thoroughness, scope, and depth."  --San Diego Union