Trappings Of The Great Basin Buckaroo

C. J. HADLEY

Publication: University of Nevada Press, 1993, Reno

First edition. Quarto. Brown cloth, titles stamped in black on the spine, tan endpapers, xii [2], 198 [1] pp., acknowledgments, introduction, illustrated (mostly in color), glossary, credits. The talent of the buckaroos are on display with intricate works of art including, reins, reatas, ropes, bits, spurs, horsehair gear, boots, saddles, and blankets. Each of the 21 chapters, in text and photographs, tells the story of individual buckaroos, the gear they make, and their cowboy lives. A selection of cowboy poetry closes out each chapter, adding another taste of buckaroo culture. Fine in dust jacket.