Cowboys & Cattlemen

Cowboys have long held the imagination of Americans. The romantic image of the lone ranch hand riding herd against a sullen sky has inspired film, literature, art and music, mostly in the twentieth century.

Cowboys typically herd cattle and perform various other ranch-related tasks. A type of cowboy called a wrangler tends the horses used to work cattle. In addition to ranch work, some cowboys work for or participate in rodeos.

The cowboy has deep historic roots tracing back to Spain and the earliest American settlers. Over the centuries, differences in terrain, climate and the influence of cattle-handling traditions from multiple cultures created several distinct styles of equipment, clothing and animal handling. As the ever-practical cowboy adapted to the modern world, the cowboy's equipment and techniques also adapted to some degree, though many classic traditions are still preserved today.

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Annie Oakley: Young Marksman
Childhood of Famous Americans
by Ellen Wilson
from Aladdin Paperbacks
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$7.99
Big Book of Cowboys
by Holling Clancy Holling
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Buffalo Bill
by Edgar & Ingri D'Aulaire
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Buffalo Bill: Frontier Daredevil
Childhood of Famous Americans
by Meryl Stevenson
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Cowboy Boots
by Shannon Garst
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Cowboys
Tales of the Wild West Volume 4
by Rick Steber
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Cowboys - Coloring Book
Educational Read & Color Books
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Cowboys - Coloring Book
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$4.95
Cowboys and Cattle Drives
Frontiers of America
by Edith S. McCall
from Children's Press
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Cowboys and Cattle Ranching
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Cowboys of the Old West - Coloring Book
Dover Coloring Books
by David Rickman
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Cowboys of the Wild West
by Russell Freedman
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Cowboys of the Wild West
by Russell Freedman
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Cowgirls - Coloring Book
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DK Eyewitness: Cowboy
DK Eyewitness Series
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from DK Publishing
American History Reference for 4th-8th grade
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Good Ol' Cowboy Stories
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Jimmy Spoon and the Pony Express
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Legendary Outlaws and Lawmen of the Old West - Coloring Book
Dover Coloring Books
by E. Lisle Reedstrom
from Dover Publications
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Little Annie Oakley and Other Rugged People
by Stewart H. Holbrook
First Ediition from Macmillan
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Real Book About the Texas Rangers
by Allyn Allen
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Real Book About the Wild West
by Adolph Regli, illustrated by Ted Shearer
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Rodeo - Coloring Book
Dover Coloring Books
by Steven James Petruccio
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Roy Rogers and the Outlaws of Sundown Valley
by Snowden Miller, illustrated by John Ushler
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Sancho the Homesick Steer
by Helen Rushmore, illustrated by Jack Hearne
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Smoky the Cow Horse
by Will James
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Smoky the Cow Horse
by Will James
1929 printing from Charles Scribner's Sons
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1927 Newbery Book
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Smoky the Cow Horse
by Will James
August 1928 printing from Charles Scribner's Sons
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Smoky the Cow Horse
by Will James
1930 printing from Charles Scribner's Sons
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1927 Newbery Book
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Smoky the Cowhorse
by Will James
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1927 Newbery Medal winner
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Sophie of the Lazy B
by Myra Richardson, illustrated by Nicholas Panesis
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$30.00 (1 in stock)
Story of Buffalo Bill
Signature Books #1
by Edmund Collier, illustrated by Nicholas Eggenhofer
from Grosset & Dunlap
Biography for 5th-9th grade
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Story of the Chisholm Trail
by Andrew Santella
from Children's Press
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Story of the Pony Express
Cornerstones of Freedom
by R. Conrad Stein
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Story of Theodore Roosevelt
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by Winthrop Neilson, illustrated by Edward A. Wilson
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Biography for 5th-9th grade
in Grosset & Dunlap Signature Books (Location: VIN-SIG)
Teddy Roosevelt: Young Rough Rider
Childhood of Famous Americans
by Edd Winfield Parks
from Aladdin Paperbacks
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Texas Roundup
Adventures in Frontier America
by Catherine E. Chambers
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Treasure Legends of the West
by Choral Pepper
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True Tales of the Wild West
by Paul Robert Walker
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We Were There on the Chisholm Trail
We Were There #14
by Ross McLaury Taylor, illustrated by Charles Banks Wilson
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Historical Fiction for 5th-9th grade
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We Were There on the Santa Fe Trail
We Were There #29
by Ross McLaury Taylor, illustrated by Albert Orbaan
from Grosset & Dunlap
Historical Fiction for 5th-9th grade
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We Were There with the California Rancheros
We Were There #26
by Stephen Holt, illustrated by William Reusswig
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Whitey and the Colt-Killer
by Glen Rounds
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Wide Open Spaces
by Jack Terry
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Will Rogers
by Cathareen L. Bennett
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