
This collection by Lawrence Clayton and Kenneth W. Davis proves that the humor of the contemporary cowboy is as vibrant and entertaining as that of the old-time cowhand. Lawrence Clayton is dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of English at Hardin-Simmons University...


The tradition of storytelling and folklore reaches deeply into the American notion of national identity, and among the more prominent emblems of American culture stands the cowboy. Despite the attempts to modernize the cowboy of our frontier past, today's mounted horsemen have...