Ten Thousand Goddam Cattle. A History Of The American Cowboy In Song, Story And Verse

KATIE LEE

Publication: Northland Press, 1976, Flagstaff

First edition. 8vo. Quarter morocco and boards, brown endpapers, xii [2], 254 [1] pp., introduction, chapter notes , glossary, bibliography, acknowledgments. Illustrated by William Moyers. A limited edition of 50 numbered copies (this being no. 33) signed by the author and with an original tinted pen and ink drawing by Moyers. This book is widely regarded as a classic of western folk music, providing a history of the probable origins of dozens of western ballads and related stories of real cowboys who wrote or sang songs from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A fine bright copy of this limited edition housed in a fine original slip case.

Inventory Number: 50685