The Singing Cowboys.

DAVID ROTHEL

Publication: A S Barnes and Company, 1978, South Brunswick and New York

First edition. Quarto. Cloth, 272 pp., preface, acknowledgments, illustrated, selected bibliography, epilogue, index. Prospectus for this book is affixed to the rear fly leaf by a former owner. Reviews the B musical Western films of the thirties, forties, and fifties, and the singing cowboys who made them so popular. Included are Gene Autry, Tex Ritter, Roy Rogers, Eddie Dean, Jimmy Wakely, Monte Hale, Rex Allen, and a chapter on the unsung singing cowboys. Former owner's name and date on front paste down sheet, else fine in dust jacket with light wear to the spine ends and corners.

Inventory Number: 9540