The Cowboys

**The Cowboys** is the first book in the Time-Life series *"The Old West"*. It was written by William H. Forbis.

## Releases

1st Printing - © 1973

2nd Printing - © 1973, Reprinted 1974

3rd Printing - © 1973, Revised 1975

4th Printing - © 1973, Revised 1977

5th Printing - © 1973, Revised 1978

6th Printing - © 1973, Revised 1980

7th Printing -

8th Printing - © 1973, Revised 1996

9th Printing - © 1973, Revised 1997

10th Printing - © 1973, Revised 2004

## Copyright Page

Credits NOTE: Items that do not list a printing number behind them appear the same in every edition. Whenever there is a change, for example, the 4th Printing removes William Frankel as a Text Editor, the parenthesized printing number following the item shows in which edition the change occurs. Certain items, such as Traffic, does not appear in the first printing, but appears in the fourth and later printings.

*Series Editor:* Ezra Bowen *(1st Printing)*

*Editor:* Ezra Bowen *(4th Printing)*

EDITORIAL STAFF FOR *"THE COWBOYS"*

*Picture Editor:* Carole Kismaric

*Text Editors:* William Frankel, Anne Horan *(1st Printing)*

*Text Editors:* Anne Horan *(4th Printing)*

*Designers:* Herbert H. Quarmby, Albert Sherman

*Staff Writers:* Erik Amfitheatrof, George Constable, Sam Halper, Bryce Walker, Peter Wood

*Researchers:* Joan Mebane, Malabar Brodeur, Michael Drons, Frances Gardner, Nancy Jacobson, Mary Leverty, Mary Kay Moran, Kathryn Ritchell, Kathy Slate, Jane Sugden

*Design Assistant:* Anne B. Landry

EDITORIAL PRODUCTION

*Production Editor:* Douglas B. Graham

*Operations Manager:* Gennaro C. Esposito *(4th Printing)*

*Assistant Production Editor:* Feliciano Madrid *(4th Printing)*

*Quality Director:* Robert L. Young

*Assistant:* James J. Cox *(1st Printing)*

*Assistant Quality Director:* James J. Cox *(4th Printing)*

*Associate:* Serafino J. Cambareri

*Copy Staff:* Rosalind Stubenberg, Roberta Frost, Florence Keith *(1st Printing)*

*Copy Staff:* Susan B. Galloway (chief), Roberta Frost, Florence Keith, Celia Beattie *(4th Printing)*

*Picture Department:* Delores A. Littles, Barbara S. Simon

*Traffic:* Barbara Buzan *(4th Printing)*

**THE AUTHOR:** William H. Forbis was born in cowboy country and has returned there. A native of Missoula, Montana, he graduated from the University of Montana with a degree in journalism and left for Central America, where he was to spend more than a decade as a reporter, editor and correspondent. He moved to New York in 1951 to become a writer for TIME and then a senior editor in charge of art, theater, cinema and education. Since his retirement in 1969, he has been dividing his time between freelance writing and teaching at the University of Montana. Before undertaking *The Cowboys*, he completed and edited the late John Gunther's *Inside Australia*, published in 1972.

**THE COVER:** The spirit and dash—even the titles—of Frederic Remington's cover painting, *The Cowboy*, and his bronze frontispiece, *The Outlaw*, reflect the heroic American conception of the Old West. Remington sold *The Cowboy* to a friend for $2,500 and then, in a grand gesture, lit their cigars with the check.

Valuable assistance was provided by the following departments and individuals of Time Inc.: Editorial Production, Norman Airey, Nicholas Costino Jr.; Library, Peter Draz; Picture Collection, Doris O'Neil; Photographic Laboratory, George Karas; TIME-LIFE News Service, Murray J. Gart; Correspondents Blanche Hardin (Denver), Alfred Polczinski (Wichita), Lynne Waugh (Santa Fe).

## Cultural Counterparts

Time-Life released versions of this series in several different languages through its international division, and the wiki aspires to cover the international series as comprehensively as it covers the American version. Information about languages currently known to the TLTOW wiki are listed below.

### French

NAME: ***"Les Cow-Boys"***

SERIES: **Le Far West**

AUTHOR: **William H. Forbis**

TRANSLATOR: **Jean-Pierre Rieupeyrou**

PUBLISHER: **Time-Life International, ©1978**

### German

NAME: ***"Die Cowboys"***

SERIES: **Der Wilde Westen**

AUTHOR: **William H. Forbis**

TRANSLATOR: **Jürgen Abel**

PUBLISHER: **Time-Life International / Time-Life Bücher, ©1978**

#### Structure

1|Fest im Sattel

2|Die Rinderbarone

3|Leben auf der Range

4|Die Zeit des Roundup

5|Der große Viehtreck

6|Städte am Ende der Trails

7|Ein widersprüchlicher Kodex

### Japanese

NAME: ***"カウボーイ" / "Kaubōi"***

SERIES: **Daiseibu monogatari**

AUTHOR: **ウィリアム・H.フォービス原著 / William H. Forbis**

TRANSLATOR: **タイムライフブックス編集部編集 / Taimu Raifu Bukkusu Henshūbu**

PUBLISHER: **タイムライフブックス / Tōkyō : Taimuraifubukkusu, ©1976**

The books look identical to the Americanized counterparts.The Japanese version of the series keep the titles on the spine intact.The copyright page and table of contents are very simplified during translation.A picture from *The Soldiers* showing a picture caption in Japanese.Another page in Japanese. All text, headers, and tables are printed completely in Japanese.Another page in Japanese. All text has been translated from its original state.
### Swedish

NAME: ***"Cowboys"***

SERIES: **Wild West (Wiken/Bokorama)**

AUTHOR: **William H. Forbis**

TRANSLATOR: **Nils Erik Bæhrendtz**

PUBLISHER: **Höganäs / Bokoram, Höganäs / Bra Böcker, ©1978**

#### Structure

1. En svettig liten man, stor i sadeln

2. Boskansbaronerna

3. Hemma på prärien

4. Tud för inringning

5. Det långa spåret

6. Städer som blomstrade på boskap

7. Västerns lag

### Slovenian

NAME: ***"Kavboji"***

SERIES: **Resnična Zgodovina Divjega Zahoda**

AUTHOR: **William H. Forbis**

TRANSLATOR: **Stanko Jarc**

PUBLISHER: **Ljubljana / Cankarjeva Založba, ©1974**