Cowboy's lament
Subtitle: a life on the open range
By: Frank Maynard ; edited and Introduced by Jim Hoy
Contributors: Hoy, James F.
Series: Voice in the American West
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lubbock, TX
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780896727052
Other titles: Life on the open range
Description: "In memoir, poetry, and prose, describes the adventures of Frank Maynard, an open range cowboy whose ten-year career coincided with the peak of the Great Plains trail-drive era. Folklore scholars credit Maynard with adapting Irish ballad 'The Unfortunate Rake' from its American version to the well known 'The Cowboy's Lament'"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: A brief life of Francis Henry Maynard; title: The recollections of F. H. Maynard; title: Maynard's poetry : Rhymes of the range and trail; Poems from the Colorado Springs gazette and telegraph; Unpublished poem, "My faith"; title: Maynard's journalism :   1874 an epochal year; How noted Peace Officer Tilghman nearly met his end in roundup of pony rustlers;  A reminiscence; title: Maynard's American magazine contest entry; title: Glossary of names.