
The Humor of the American Cowboy
Stanley Hoig(Author)
Bison Books (Publisher)
2nd Edition
Published on 1. July 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-0-8032-7359-7 (ISBN)
Description
To the cowboy, for whom the world was a circus of creation, nothing was beyond the scope of laughter. His fertile imagination could produce trail drives of dry-land terrapins, cowboy firing squads for fighting game roosters, and a breed of "honk-honk birds" that could outrun a horse. He used humor to express his fondness for the West, to exchange sarcasms with railroaders, to teach lessons to tenderfeet, and even-sometimes-to laugh at death. In The Humor of the American Cowboy, Stan Hoig presents an authentic collection of tall tales, anecdotes, yarns, jokes, and humorous incidents of the Old West that not only entertain but also focus attention on a sometimes overlooked phase of cowboy life.
Reviews / Votes
"The whole gives many a chuckle, as wry and dry as the land whence they came. . . . The drawings by Eggenhofer are among the best he has ever done."-San Francisco Chronicle "A duke's mixture of mirth, irony and downright horseplay, made vivid by the brushpopper's salty imagery and remarkable aptitude for precisely the wrong word in the right place."-New York Times Book ReviewMore details
Edition
Second Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Nebraska
United States
Publishing group
University of Nebraska Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illus.
Dimensions
Height: 204 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
218 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8032-7359-7 (9780803273597)
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Person
Stan Hoig is professor emeritus of journalism at the University of Central Oklahoma. His other books include The Sand Creek Massacre, Perilous Pursuit: The U. S. Cavalry and the Northern Cheyennes, and The Battle of the Washita: The Sheridan-Custer Indian Campaign of 1867-69, available in a Bison Books edition.