Cowboy Lingo
de Ramon F. Adams
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- Fine
- Librería
-
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. 1st Paperback Thus . Soft cover. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Nick Eggenhoffer. Noted as a bibliographer of books on the west, Adams wrote this in 1936 to preserve the jargon of the cowboy and of the west. 253 pp. Trade paperback,.
Sinopsis
The cowboy — that enigmatic, larger-than-life icon of our culture —has long been considered a figure of fast hands, steel nerves, and few words. But according to Ramon Adams, cowboys, once among themselves, enjoyed a vivid, often boisterous repartee. You might say that around a campfire they could make more noise than “a jackass in a tin barn.” Here in one volume is a complete guide to cowboy-speak. Like many of today’s foreign language guides, this handy book is organized not alphabetically but situationally, lest you find yourself in Texas at a loss for words. There are sections on the ranch, the cowboy’s duties, riding equipment, the roundup, roping, branding, even square dancing. There are words and phrases you’ll recognize because they’ve filtered into everyday language — “blue lightnin’,” “star gazin’,” “the whole shebang” — plus countless others that, sadly, are seldom heard in current speech: “lonely as a preacher on pay night,” “restless as a hen on a hot griddle,” “crooked as a snake in a cactus patch.” As entertaining as it is authoritative, COWBOY LINGO captures the living speech of the Great Plains and serves as a window into the soul of the American West.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Texas Star Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 003278
- Título
- Cowboy Lingo
- Autor
- Ramon F. Adams
- Ilustrador
- Nick Eggenhoffer
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Soft cover
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Paperback Thus
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Editorial
- Houghton Mifflin
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston
- Fecha de publicación
- 2000
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Palabras clave
- COWBOYS, RANCHING, OLD WEST, TEXAS WRITERS
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Americana - The Old West; Americana;
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