Publication: A University of Central Florida Book, 1981, Orlando
First edition. 4to. Pictorial cloth, brown end-sheets, xiv, 255 pp. Forewords "The Pleasure of Western Music," by Gene Autry, and "The Lure of the Western Ballad," by S. Omar Barker, introduction, indices, notes. Maps, numerous illustrations by DuFault (Will James), Eggenhofer, Hampton, Phippen, Russell, Santee, Zogbaum, et. al. and from photographs. A musical and historical narrative of the Old West, including songs and historical discussion about Billy the Kid, Sam Bass, Judge Roy Bean, the Texas Rangers, and much, much, more. A really worthwhile contribution to Western history. A collection of forty-eight traditional songs of the American cowboy, with words, music, pictures, and stories. Fine, bright copy in dust jacket.
Inventory Number: 49807