Cowboy Poetry

By Julie Saffel

A engaging and powerful work, Cowboy Poetry is a book of poems written by cowboys, for cowboys from the Appalachian hills to the rolling plains of Texas. Inside Cowboy Poetry you will find poems that make you laugh, cry and wonder about what it was really like to traverse the open expanses of the West before roads, trains and planes could take you everywhere. Some might call portions of the writing light-hearted or label it as a caricature of real cowboy life, but inside these humorous poems one can find the true heart of the cowboys' real-life struggles. This exciting and diverse new collection will open the eyes of readers to a world lit by firelight on the prairie, living life off of the land, surrounded by animals and danger, peppered with whiskey and stories. With a great collection of classic poems by more than six poets, Cowboy Poetry is an assortment of sentiments, trials, and tribulations of life for early western Americans. Inside your copy of Cowboy Poetry , you will find a window to the past, full of adventure and mischief. Live vicariously the life of a real cowboy from the comfort of your own home with Cowboy Poetry .

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078583267X
• ISBN13: 9780785832676
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Chartwell Castle Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.0" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

the real thing for real cowboys

I gave a copy as a gift and now everybody in my family wants one. My grandfather recognized the words to old songs he remembered his own father singing to him when he was a boy as they rode together on horseback in northern Mexico. My grandmother recognized other ballads she remembered learning for the first time as a grade-schooler in eastern Arizona.

Cowboy Poetry

I thought the introduction was very informative and prepared you for the contents of the book. I did not realize the word expressions from that time frame, it was very enjoyable and entertaining. This is a book to keep and hand down to next generations. The cowboy poetry is a rare look into the past and needs to be kept alive. I was impressed with the bibliography.