Hell on high red wheels! Cotton Drennan had packed a good many smoky years into a short span of time. For him, death lurked in shadowy alleys, and he watched them carefully always. He owed his life to that care—and to a fast and accu­rate gun. The Broken Ring Ranch was the biggest on the range and get­ting bigger—with the help of a gun-heavy crew. And nobody but Cotton Drennan seemed to give a damn about the injustice of Broken Ring's big grab. Cot­ton had been through range wars before, but never with the odds quite so great against him—never with so few on his side. BUCKAROO'S CODE All He Asked Was An Even Draw Three-time Winner of the Spur Award Wayne D. Overholser

Readers will "return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear" for an action-packed Western adventure tracing the legendary American cowboy. After a roundup of real lawmen and outlaws, the book takes aim at the cowboy kings of movies, radio and TV. We're back in the saddle again for a fun-filled lope into Western nostalgia from the 1920s to the 1960s. 284 illustrations; 50 in full color.

Many historians agree that America’s greatness is a direct result of America being a frontier country for our first 300 years. To survive the harsh life of the frontier required people who were hard working and creative, with ingenuity and a desire to work with their neighbor. As far back as the time of Moses and the Ten Commandments, people have lived by principles that worked as guidelines for successful lives. And the same was true with the people who lived on the American frontier. Although they were 300 years in the making, these principles were solidified by the American cowboy in our last frontier. They became known as “The Code of the West.” To make this code relevant to our lives today, Dakota has used a large number of stories and examples from the past and the present that show us how to apply them to each of our daily lives; and as a result, live a fulfilling life.

Can little buckaroos really make it through a day on the ranch Yes! Buckaroo Beau, a young, bright-eyed ranch-hand-in-training, works hard and takes care of the animals every day on his family's ranch. Can your child - even as a baby or toddler - really begin to learn important life lessons like work ethic, responsibilities, and caring for animals Of course! Follow along with your child in this rhyming, sing-song story of a day in the life of Buckaroo Beau, the hardest-working little cowboy around!

Herding cattle from horseback has been a tradition in northern Mexico and the American West since the Spanish colonial era. The first mounted herders were the Mexican vaqueros, expert horsemen who developed the skills to work cattle in the brush country and deserts of the Southwestern borderlands. From them, Texas cowboys learned the trade, evolving their own unique culture that spread across the Southwest and Great Plains. The buckaroos of the Great Basin west of the Rockies trace their origin to the vaqueros, with influence along the way from the cowboys, though they, too, have ways and customs distinctly their own. In this book, three long-time students of the American West describe the history, working practices, and folk culture of vaqueros, cowboys, and buckaroos. They draw on historical records, contemporary interviews, and numerous photographs to show what makes each group of mounted herders distinctive in terms of working methods, gear, dress, customs, and speech. They also highlight the many common traits of all three groups. This comparative look at vaqueros, cowboys, and buckaroos brings the mythical image of the American cowboy into focus and detail and honors the regional and national variations. It will be an essential resource for anyone who would know or portray the cowboy—readers, writers, songwriters, and actors among them.