The Cowgirl Way
Hats off to America's Women of the West
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010.
Format: Book
Description: 112 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Discusses the migration of people from the eastern part of America to the western frontier in the 1840s and the related origins of the cowgirl in the form of sharpshooters, outlaws, legislators, wranglers, and performers who helped settle the American West.
Contents:
Introduction -- Women of the old West -- Outlaws and rebels -- Wild West show girls -- Rodeo stars -- Celluloid cowgirls and singing sensations -- Cowgirl image makers -- Cowgirls in the 21st century.
Subjects:
Cowgirls -- West (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature.
West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature.
Cowgirls -- West (U.S.) -- Juvenile literature.
West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile literature.
Target Audience: 1180L
ISBN:
9780618737383 (pbk.)
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C BIOGRAPHY Collective Cowgirl | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Collective Cowgirl | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Children's | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 104-105).