Title: Cowboys of the Americas
First published: 1990
Description: This is a comparative study of the social history and mythology of cowboy culture right across the Western Hemisphere, from Patagonia to the Tukon, including the unique cowboys of the Hawaiin cattle industry. Slatta argues that Spanish influence, neglected in most accepted historiography, is primary in all open-range cattle frontiers of North and South America. His focus is on people, working ranch hands, and how they lived their lives, quoting frequently from first-hand descriptions of cowboy and ranch life.
Subjects: History, Cowboys, Social life and customs, Cattle trade, Frontier and pioneer life
Places: America
LC classification: E20 .S57 1990