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The real American cowboy

1985
Weston contrasts the cowboy image with the reality of these hardworking men of the range.

Trail fever

the life of a Texas cowboy
2003
A biography of George Saunders, a cowboy who endured cattle drives, stampedes, and skirmishes with Indians on the Texas frontier during and after the Civil War.

Kiowa trail

1999
A nineteen-year-old cattle driver, who has his eye on a girl with a very protective father, is murdered.

Cowboy Small

2001
Cowboy Small takes good care of his horse, rides the range, helps in the roundup, and rides a bucking bronco.

Gabriel's story

2002
Gabriel Lynch, an African-American teenager who has moved with his mother from New York to live on his stepfather's Kansas homestead, brings serious trouble down upon himself and his family when he leaves the farm to join a group of cowboys who turn out to be a gang of criminals.

On the pampas

1991
An account of a little girl's idyllic summer at her grandparents' ranch on the pampas of Argentina.

Of mice and men

1994
Sustained by the hope of someday owning a farm of their own, two migrant laborers arrive to work on a ranch in central California.

How to get rich on a Texas cattle drive

2010
Follows a young cattle herder as he makes a living for himself working in the American West, eventually honing his skills enough to entertain audiences in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Features full-color illustrations throughout.

Pirates vs. cowboys

2013
A scurvy pirate crew, led by Burnt Beard, finds trouble when they try to hide their treasure in Old Cheyenne and have some miscommunication with Black Bob McKraw and his posse.

Bubba the cowboy prince

a fractured Texas tale
1997
Loosely based on "Cinderella," this story is set in Texas, the fairy godmother is a cow, and the hero, named Bubba, is the stepson of a wicked rancher.

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