Cowgirls: Women of the American West by Teresa Jordan (English) Paperback Book

Description: Cowgirls by Teresa Jordan American lore has slighted the cowgirl, although at least one can still be found in nearly every ranching community. Based on the authors traveling sixty thousand miles in the American West and talking with more than a hundred authentic cowgirls running ranches and performing in rodeos, this book situates the cowgirl in history and literature. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "Let Jordan introduce you to these women. You wont encounter them anywhere else. Every one of them is worth knowing. Their lives are heroic in the most literal sense of the word. Cowgirls are American originals."--Los Angeles Times. "Valuable for its sympa-thetic portrait of western life and western women, for the historical anecdotes that enliven its pages and for its nitty-gritty detail about ranch life. To read it is to share its authors affectionate regard for a vanishing way of life."--San Francisco Chronicle. "An absorbing portrait of the highly independent, often colorful women who have long stood next to the men of the American West."--Publishers Weekly. American lore has slighted the cowgirl, although at least one can still be found in nearly every ranching community. Like her male counterpart, she rides and ropes, understands land and stock, and confronts the elements. The writer and photographer Teresa Jordan traveled sixty thousand miles in the American West, talking with more than a hundred authentic cowgirls running ranches and performing in rodeos.The result is a fascinating book that also situates the cowgirl in history and literature.A new preface and updated bibliography have been added to this Bison Book edition. Author Biography Jordan is the recipient of the Western Heritage Award from the Cowboy Hall of Fame for scriptwriting and literary fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts. Review "Let Jordan introduce you to these women. You wont encounter them anywhere else. Every one of them is worth knowing. Their lives are heroic in the most literal sense of the word. Cowgirls are American originals."—Los Angeles Times"Valuable for its sympathetic portrait of western life and western women, for the historical anecdotes that enliven its pages and for its nitty-gritty detail about ranch life. To read it is to share its authors affectionate regard for a vanishing way of life."—San Francisco Chronicle"An absorbing portrait of the highly independent, often colorful women who have long stood next to the men of the American West."—Publishers Weekly Kirkus US Review A potentially strong collection of interviews with American cowgirls of varying ages and circumstances - subverted by excerpts from novels, journals, and songs which interrupt the personal stories and mechanically echo their points. (Helen Musgrove, of NX Bar Ranch in northeastern Wyoming, discusses the problem of being a woman manager: "But a lot of it depends on the woman and who she has working for her." Begins the match-up quote: "As for getting [a man] to work for you if you are a woman. . . .") The interviews are organized, furthermore, under broad category headings - "Cowgirls from the Cradle: The Ranchers Daughter," "Cowgirls Carry On: The Mother-Daughter Tradition," etc. - that seem arbitrary at best, and at worst mock-sociology. Free of the academic trappings, the book could have scored as oral history. Jordan, raised on a Wyoming ranch, is forthright about her desire to give "the cowboys female counterpart" an equal place in the sun. The testimonies themselves make a good case for the physical and mental advantages of this no-nonsense life and its proximity to the elements. (Or the elemental: one cowgirl matter-of-factly describes having to dismember a calf in utero in order to save the heifer.) Some of the women share the responsibilities of ranching with husbands: others - like Emersons 65-year-old granddaughter, Ellen Cotton - go it alone. But few of the cowgirls, "liberated" by economic necessity, identify with the womens movement. (There are occasional grumblings, however, at having to do double-duty, inside the house and out.) The two concluding sections, about cowgirls working the rodeo circuits in past and recent times, have little in common with the rest of the material - though they might be of some independent and/or historical interest. And the hundred or so promised photographs will surely be a boon. Still, only the reader with the wisdom to skip over the excerpts and stick with the narratives will get the best of what the book has to offer. (Kirkus Reviews) Review Text ""Let Jordan introduce you to these women. You wont encounter them anywhere else. Every one of them is worth knowing. Their lives are heroic in the most literal sense of the word. Cowgirls are American originals.""-- Los Angeles Times ""Valuable for its sympathetic portrait of western life and western women, for the historical anecdotes that enliven its pages and for its nitty-gritty detail about ranch life. To read it is to share its authors affectionate regard for a vanishing way of life.""-- San Francisco Chronicle ""An absorbing portrait of the highly independent, often colorful women who have long stood next to the men of the American West.""-- Publishers Weekly Review Quote "Valuable for its sympathetic portrait of western life and western women, for the historical anecdotes that enliven its pages and for its nitty-gritty detail about ranch life. To read it is to share its authors affectionate regard for a vanishing way of life."- San Francisco Chronicle Details ISBN0803275757 Author Teresa Jordan Short Title COWGIRLS Series Women of the West Language English ISBN-10 0803275757 ISBN-13 9780803275751 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1992 Subtitle Women of the American West Country of Publication United States Residence Salt Lake City, UT, US Pages 309 Imprint Bison Books Place of Publication Nebraska DOI 10.1604/9780803275751 UK Release Date 1992-04-01 AU Release Date 1992-04-01 NZ Release Date 1992-04-01 US Release Date 1992-04-01 Illustrations Illus. Publisher University of Nebraska Press Publication Date 1992-04-01 DEWEY 973.008 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161807868;

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