You are considering an oversized hardcover book, with DJ, COWBOYS OF THE AMERICAS by Richard W. Slatta; PUBLISHER: Yale University Press; 1990 printing; 306 pages. People throughout the world thrill to stories of galloping hooves, stampeding cattle, blazing gunfights, and other elements of cowboy lore, but feew know what life was actually like for the working cowboy. This engrossing book by Richard W. Slatta explores the reality of cowboy life in the United States, Canada, and Spanish America, from the cowboy's beginnings as a wild cattle hunter to his decline in the early twentieth century. Condition: Some light DJ wear. No other known damage.