How to Be a Cowboy
A COMPENDIUM OF KNOWLEDGE AND INSIGHT, WIT AND WISDOM, AND ALL-AROUND RESOURCE FOR EVERY ASPECT of cowboy life. such as: Ranching, Rodeo, Cooking, Music, Dancing, Yodeling, Boots, Shirts, Horses, Hats, Buckles, Denim, Lingo, Cowboy Poetry, and How To Walk Like A Cowboy
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How to be a Cowboy is A compendium of knowledge and insight, wit and wisdom, an all around resource for every aspect of cowboy life. It includes the least you need to know about ranching, rodeoing, cooking, dancing, music, yodeling, boots, shirts, horses, hats, buckles, denim, lingo, poetry, and even how to walk like a cowboy. Cowboy history and culture come to light through photos, excerpts, short stories, poems, drawings, prose, and more. A western icon meets popular culture BookPage"It's the rich color camerawork that really compels, and Arndt's classy shots of elaborately designed boots, shirts, blue jeans and hats, plus peripheral cowboy gear, are enough to make a guy chuck the 9-to-5 and head out to the wild, wild West." — Martin Brady
COWBOY LINGO\ Just like any other group, cowboys have their own special language. If you hang around the bunkhouse, the rodeo, or anyplace else cowboys gather, you may hear some of these words being used. See how often you can use them while talking to your pards.\ BOOT HILL cemetery\ DUDE city slicker\ BROKE that a horse is gentle and ready to ride\ HAND a ranch worker\ BRONC an unbroken horse, or a horse that, though broke, is still a bit wild\ HIGHTAIL to run off or get away fast\ HOSS horse\ BUCKAROO cowboy (from the Spanish word vaquero)\ HUNG OFF a foot caught in the stirrup of the saddle\ BUNKHOUSE living quarters for the cowboys working on a ranch\ MAVERICK a stray, unbranded calf\ MUSTANG wild horse\ OUTFIT a ranch worker's or a cowboy's pickup truck\ CATCH PEN a corral for holding cattle or horses\ PARD partner, friend\ RIDE THE LINE check the fences to fix any that are broken\ RIG saddle\ CORRAL fenced off area for livestock\ SPREAD a ranch\ COWBOY UP mount up and ride out, or grin and bear it\ STOVE UP hurt, injured, or crippled cowboy\ CRITTER cow or other animal\ TRY effort ("Bill has a lot of try in him.")\ CROW HOP a mini-buck; the horse rounds its back and hops\ WRANGLER the cowboy who takes care of the horses\ DOGIE an orphaned calf\ DRAW a lottery that matches riders and animals at rodeo events\ WRECK a riding accident
The Cowboy Code Texas Bix Bender 13 Lesson One: Boot Camp 15 Lesson Two: The Shirt 53 The Cowboy Way 80 Favorite Sayings by Texas Bix Bender 82 Cowboy Lingo by Lawson Drinkard 93 Gene Autry's Cowboy Code 96 Roy Rogers' Riders Club Rules 97 "A Cowboy's Prayer" by Badger Clark 98 Top 20 Cowboy Movies 100 Cowboy Poetry 102 Top Western Novels 104 Cowboy Wave 108 Lesson Three: Denim & Duds 111Lesson Four: The Hat 127 Lesson Five: The Spur 141 Lesson Six: The Rodeo 159 Lesson Seven: The Ranch 173 Lesson Eight: The Music 189 Lesson Nine: The Buckle 201 Advice from Will Rogers 210 A Cowboy's Blessing 223
\ BookPage"It's the rich color camerawork that really compels, and Arndt's classy shots of elaborately designed boots, shirts, blue jeans and hats, plus peripheral cowboy gear, are enough to make a guy chuck the 9-to-5 and head out to the wild, wild West."\ — Martin Brady\ \ \ \ \ \ BookPage - Martin Brady\ "It's the rich color camerawork that really compels, and Arndt's classy shots of elaborately designed boots, shirts, blue jeans and hats, plus peripheral cowboy gear, are enough to make a guy chuck the 9-to-5 and head out to the wild, wild West."\ \
