is a cool book! It's mostly about cowboys who they were, what their lives were like, what they did, etc.
It was fascinating to read what cowboys really were, their customs and "language", Included are: Wyatt Earp, Buffalo Bill, Bat Masterson, Theodore Roosevelt, etc, ! Happy reading! I recommend it for agesHe's a bit of a revisionist, so take him with a grain of saltespecially what he says about cowboys' horses.
They were geldings, not stallions every cowboy had at least one of his own how else was he going
to get from one job to another he just didn't use it to work someone else's stock and the object of "breaking" was not to "break its spirit"a cowboy needed a horse with spirit.
I would also check his information on gunfighters, generally and in the particular, against other books, An actionpacked story of the days when ranchers vied with the native peoples to rule the plains of North America.
Reproductions of Western art will introduce readers to Marrin's vivid recreation of history, His accurate, carefully researched text makes it a valuable reference tool as well, Illustrated with photos, prints, and paintings, Excellent read and very informative! Albert Marrin is a historian and the author of than twenty nonfiction books for young people.
He has won various awards for his writing, including theJames Madison Book Award and theNational Endowment for Humanities Medal.
In, his book Flesh and Blood So Cheap was a National Book Award Finalist, Marrin is the Chairman of the History Department at New Yorks Yeshiva University, Albert Marrin is a historian and the author of than twenty nonfiction books for young people, He has won various awards for his writing, including theJames Madison Book Award and theNational Endowment for Humanities Medal.
In, his book Flesh and Blood So Cheap was a National Book Award Finalist, Marrin is the Chairman of the History Department at New York's Yeshiva University, sitelink.