tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post6676167610937890979..comments2024-03-29T01:33:22.669-07:00Comments on Buddies in the Saddle: Cowboys in early frontier fictionRon Scheerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-22210374895235032762013-10-08T13:39:18.487-07:002013-10-08T13:39:18.487-07:00Mama don't let your babies grow up to be cowbo...Mama don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys. :)Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-79513151495147876022013-10-08T10:09:21.846-07:002013-10-08T10:09:21.846-07:00Ron, it is a good reference book and the Time-Life...Ron, it is a good reference book and the Time-Life editors have credited dozens of writers and researchers as well as historical museums and societies for all the information it contains. Many of the books in the bibliography should be in public domain. I hope to write about the book soon, at least as soon as I get the essence of it.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-63369281082589382962013-10-08T09:52:10.456-07:002013-10-08T09:52:10.456-07:00You got yourself a good reference book that should...You got yourself a good reference book that should be full of good images. I believe that series was pretty dependable for historical information, too. <br /><br />There were two streams of cowboy traditions, the Texas cowboys, who learned about open-range cattle herding from the Mexican vaqueros. Then there were the California and Great Basin cowboys who preserved more of the style of their Mexican predecessors, especially in garb and gear. They came to be called "buckaroos," a corruption of "vaquero." Ron Scheerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15357501069513854664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-76675000887007704352013-10-08T09:44:43.331-07:002013-10-08T09:44:43.331-07:00Ron, thanks for a timely and a terrific post. Time...Ron, thanks for a timely and a terrific post. Timely because only last Sunday I bought an illustrated book about cowboys titled "The Old West: The Cowboys" published by Time-Life Books in 1973. It is a detailed pictorial history of the American cowboy whose high time, according to the book, "lasted a bare generation, from the end of the Civil War until the mid-1880s, when bad weather, poor range management and disaster cattle-market prices forced an end to the old freewheeling ways." It has some fantastic colour and black-and-white paintings and photographs of cowboys in action as well as drawings of a cowboy's attire. I didn't know they were called vaqueros derived from a Spanish word and influenced by Spanish California. I have just started reading the book and your narrative of early frontier fiction is going to add to the excitement of reading about this historical period in America.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434602314756730550.post-33077772801467276422013-10-08T07:16:28.342-07:002013-10-08T07:16:28.342-07:00Interesting early history of the genre. Thanks! I&...Interesting early history of the genre. Thanks! I've been reading some early dime novels from my collection lately. While most aren't exactly what I'd call well-written, they are entertaining and give insight to bygone days. I'll have to look up some of these more serious attempts at literature.<br />I didn't know the Great K&K was a novel. I have the Tom Mix movie, whicj I found quite entertaining.Sean McLachlanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09778503397743759469noreply@blogger.com