Cowboy's Lament
Cowboy's Lament

Author: Frank Maynard

Publisher: Voice in the American West

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 9780896727052

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"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.

A Cowboy's Lament
A Cowboy's Lament

Author: H. M. Morrow

Publisher:

Published: 2007-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781419674648

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This book of poetry is written by a real Texas cowboy, H. M. Morrow, taken from his life.

Life of a Song
Life of a Song

Author: Jan Dalley

Publisher: Nicholas Brealey

Published: 2017-11-07

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 1473670470

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Who knew that Paul McCartney originally referred to Yesterday as 'Scrambled Eggs' because he couldn't think of any lyrics for his heart-breaking tune? Or that Patti LaBelle didn't know what 'Voulez-vous couches avec moi ce soir?' actually meant? These and countless other fascinating back stories of some of our best-known and best-loved songs fill this book, a collection of the highly successful weekly The Life of a Song columns that appear in the FT Weekend every Saturday. Each 600-word piece gives a mini-biography of a single song, from its earliest form (often a spiritual, or a jazz number), through the various covers and changes, often morphing from one genre to another, always focusing on the 'biography' of the song itself while including the many famous artists who have performed or recorded it. The selection covers a wide spectrum of the songs we all know and love - rock, pop, folk, jazz and more. Each piece is pithy, sparkily written, knowledgeable, entertaining, full of anecdotes and surprises. They combine deep musical knowledge with the vivid background of the performers and musicians, and of course the often intriguing social and political background against which the songs were created.

Blacktop Cowboys
Blacktop Cowboys

Author: Ty Phillips

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2013-12-03

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 1466859172

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A fascinating account of the world of competitive steer wrestling and the talented, live-fast, bruise-hard rodeo cowboys who do it. Ty Phillips's Blacktop Cowboys chronicles the 2004 rodeo season through the eyes of several steer wrestlers trying to make it back to rodeo's version of the Super Bowl, the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) in Las Vegas. Steer wrestling is an adventure that entails riding into an arena at 25 mph, sliding off a horse while taking hold of a 500-pound steer, and then throwing the animal to the ground. The best cowboys often accomplish all this in less than four seconds. The two main characters of Blacktop Cowboys are Luke Branquinho, a young carefree cowboy on a quest for his first title, and his best friend, Travis Cadwell, a veteran trying to make the NFR one last time. Much of Blacktop Cowboys unfolds in trucks, trailers, arenas, behind the chutes, casinos, beds and everywhere else cowboys spend their time. By taking the reader deep into the cowboys' lives, Blacktop Cowboys offers a true and intimate portrait of men having the time of their lives while living on the road in pursuit of the dream to be the best.

Lament for a Dead Cowboy
Lament for a Dead Cowboy

Author: Catherine Dain

Publisher: Speaking Volumes

Published:

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 1645401812

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"CATHERINE DAIN HAS DONE IT AGAIN, ONLY BETTER, I AM CAPTIVATED."—Margaret Maron, author of Bootlegger's Daughter A RUGGED LIFE...AND A SUDDEN DEATH Freddie didn't know what to expect when she arrived in Elko to attend a gathering of cowboy poets. What she found was actual cowboys—and cowgirls—reciting verse, drinking whiskey and catching up with old buddies. The friendly get-together turned ugly though, when one of the cowboy poets was found dead...and Freddie’s boyfriend was accused. Now she's learning more about Sam's past than she ever knew—and hoping she hasn't been keeping company with a killer... A FREDDIE O'NEAL MYSTERY For fun, she likes a game of Keno. To relax, she'll hang out with her cats. And for excitement, nothing beats piloting a plane. But when it comes to crime—in a gambling town like Reno—Freddie O'Neal is all business.