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Bezig met laden... The Humor of the American Cowboy (Bison Book)door Stan Hoig
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. If you can make it past the first chapter then you'll really get to see what the book is about. From tales of being on a cattle drive, or how everything is bigger in Texas to Western law to the coming of the railroad. Great little book that is very well researched. ( ) A friend gave me this book to use as a diversion while I was waiting at various places. I was a little nervous when I first started reading because I'd expected examples of cowboy humor and the first part did not read that way, but the book soon became what I had expected with examples of the humor of the Old West. I am going to have my step-father, who likes the old westerns, read this also. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
To the cowboy, for whom the world was a circus of creation, nothing was beyond the scope of laughter. His fertile imagination could produce trail drives of dry-land terrapins, cowboy firing squads for fighting game roosters, and a breed of "honk-honk birds" that could outrun a horse. He used humor to express his fondness for the West, to exchange sarcasms with railroaders, to teach lessons to tenderfeet, and even--sometimes--to laugh at death. In The Humor of the American Cowboy, Stan Hoig presents an authentic collection of tall tales, anecdotes, yarns, jokes, and humorous incidents of the Old West that not only entertain but also focus attention on a sometimes overlooked phase of cowboy life. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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