Pecos Bill and Lightning
By: by Leigh Peck, illustrated by Kurt Wiese
Contributors: Wiese, Kurt, 1887-1974
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.
Published: 1940
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 68
Subjects: Pecos Bill (Legendary character); Legends; Folklore; Cowboys
Description: Relates the lore of Pecos Bill from his childhood with coyotes to the loss of his almost-bride, Lightfoot Sue.
Notes: Illustrated t.p. in colors.
Table of contents: title: How Pecos Bill began; title: Pecos Bill's youth; title: Pecos Bill becomes a cowboy; title: Pecos Bill captures the pacing white mustang; title: Pecos Bill invents the lariat and the branding iron; title: Pecos Bill meets Paul Bunyan and starts a new ranch; title: Pecos Bill gives the cattle drive and the rodeo to the Southwest; title: Strangers visit Pecos Bill's ranch; title: Pecos Bill tames the cattle rustlers; title: Pecos Bill lets the weather alone; title: Pecos Bill's true love; title: Adios, Pecos Bill.