Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time
"Pecos Billtells the thoroughly American saga of 'the greatest cowboy of all time.' A fun medley of Wild West lore...these tall tales will have great appeal to those cowboy-lovers..." --The San Francisco Chronicle"The best collection of Bill tales isPecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Timeby James Cloyd Bowman. It was published in 1937 and was a Newbery Honor Book that year. It has been out of print for a long time, but now the New York Review Children's Collection has published a gorgeous new hardcover edition that includes Laura Bannon's delightful illustrations, many in color. And for only $18.95. A bargain." --Dallas Morning News"Youngsters can get reacquainted with James Cloyd Bowman's 1938 Newbery Honor bookPecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time, illus. by Laura Bannon, which had been out of print since 1970. Now a new generation can cheer for Pecos Bill, an original American hero." --Publishers Weekly"Pecos Bill is a prime favorite among our American folkheroes.  Children enjoy the fantastic invention, the riproaring extravagance of the yarns about the greatest of all cowboys, for such tale-spinning is a basic part of American humor."--The New York Times"Children are vastly amused by our American tall tales.  'Paul Buyan'...'Pecos Bill'...'The Jack Tales'...are as indigenous to the United States as popcorn, and too funny for children to miss."--Christian Science Monitor