THE CANADIAN COWBOY: STORIES OF COWS, COWBOYS, AND CAYUSES. by Russell, Andy - 1994

Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1994. 287 pp, 9" H. B&w illustrations. "This is the history of a rare and tough breed, the Canadian cowboy. Concentrating on Alberta, but with a tip of the ten-gallon hat to the ranching country in Saskatchewan and British Columbia, the author pays tribute to the hardy pioneers who founded the ranching way of life in Mexico, then brought it north through Texas and across the plains to Canada." Contents: Trailing Herds North and West; Saddles and the Men Who Rode Them; The Development of Cowboy Costume; Cowboys and the Buffalo; The Last of the Free Range; Life in Cow Country; Saskatchewan Campfires; British Columbia Cow Country; Trails of a Young Cowboy; Tough Times; The Unknown Quantity; Some Hazards of the Game; George and Frenchy; Cows, Cayuses, and Dudes; In Retrospect; Epilogue - The Wall-Eyed Stud. Interior - a few scattered light ink marks on the last (blank) page, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - minor rubbing, very minor edge wrinkling.. Not Signed. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Don Brestler..