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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 976.40099
EAN: 9780140128970
ISBN: 0140128972
Label: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: June 01, 1991
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Portrays the life of a man who strives to be "a proper cowboy" despite radical changes which have propelled the Old West into a New Southwest characterized by industrialized agribusiness.
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I think it was Larry McMurtry who made a reference to this book and got me curious enough to find a copy of it. Written in the 1970's by a writer for The New Yorker, it's very much a product of its time and reminds me in many ways of the downbeat mood of "The Last Picture Show," which dates from the same period.
A work of nonfiction by a nonwesterner (Kramer lived and worked in Europe), the book does its best to deromanticize and demythologize the American cowboy and the business of ranching. ... Read More
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Dewey Decimal Number: 976.40099
EAN: 9780140128970
ISBN: 0140128972
Label: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: June 01, 1991
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics)