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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | Rarely does a book come along of such exceptional quality as Cowboys & the Trappings of the Old West. This was obviously a labor of love by authors William Manns and Elizabeth Clair Flood. Every aspect of the life and equipment of the old time cowboy has been painstakingly researched and documented. The book starts off with a touching foreword by the King of the Cowboys himself, Roy Rogers. This wonderful title explores the cowboys' simple cattle drive days, and his rise to icon status. The clever text filled with colorful anecdotes, follows the old time cowpoke through a fascinating jorney from ranch life to rodeo arenas, wild west show fame, and finally on to Hollywood. Individual chapters address the chronological design evolution of spurs, chaps, saddles, hats, weapons, and clothing. It is rare that a colorful picture book is combines with such superbly written text. No matter how many times you pick up this book, you will discover more fascinating information in the fact-laden captions and text. This book is destined to become the definitive book on the subject, and an important one for and cowboy enthusiast or collector of Western Americana. -- Publisher Comments | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | William Manns | | Hardcover: | 223 pages | | Publisher: | ZON International Publishing | | Publication Date: | 1997-09 | | ISBN: | 0939549131 | | Package Length: | 11.6 inches | | Package Width: | 9.7 inches | | Package Height: | 0.8 inches | | Package Weight: | 3.45 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 4 reviews |
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AWESOME book! Apr 14, 2008
I'm a leatherworker and I've just fallen in love with this book. I think it's going to be a fantastic reference because not only does it have a ton of high-quality pictures, but it also goes into great depth about the historical use of every single item there. Absolutely great.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Great Research Book Jun 23, 2003
It has a great number of photos that show details of western clothings, accessories, and other items. As a costume designer, I need to see the details for my research, and this book helped me a lot.
The book shows everything from hats, bandanas, leather cuffs, spurs, to boots. It also has a nice section on cowgirls.
23 of 24 found the following review helpful:
Excellent reference manual for period wear. Mar 19, 1999
I found the book both entertaining and informative. The photography and description of the material is excellent. As an amatuer historian on the subject, I found it to be educational as well as concise and pointing out subtle items which could have been overlooked by the casual observer. It is one of those books the reader can either read from cover to cover or open anywhere and dig right in. It covers all aspects of turn-of-the-century attire and accouterments from the working cowboy to the Wild West Show performers. Excellent and entertaining.
12 of 12 found the following review helpful:
 Great reference for old west history buffs Nov 06, 1997
This is a very good book for those interested in all the various accessories that the cowboy (and cowgirl) used. It is a good reference for old west living history groups that need to authenticate costume articles to a particular time period. The pictures are top quality.
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