The Humor of the American Cowboy

by Hoig, Stan Edward

• ISBN13: 9780803273597
• ISBN10: 0803273592
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-12
• Publisher: Bison Books

Summary

To the cowboy, for whom the world was a circus of creation, nothing was beyond the scope of laughter. His fertile imagination could produce trail drives of dry-land terrapins, cowboy firing squads for fighting game roosters, and a breed of "honk-honk birds" that could outrun a horse. He used humor to express his fondness for the West, to exchange sarcasms with railroaders, to teach lessons to tenderfeet, and even-sometimes-to laugh at death.InThe Humor of the American Cowboy, Stan Hoig presents an authentic collection of tall tales, anecdotes, yarns, jokes, and humorous incidents of the Old West that not only entertain but also focus attention on a sometimes overlooked phase of cowboy life.Stan Hoig is professor emeritus of journalism at the University of Central Oklahoma. His other books includeThe Sand Creek Massacre,Perilous Pursuit: The U. S. Cavalry and the Northern Cheyennes, andThe Battle of the Washita: The Sheridan-Custer Indian Campaign of 1867-69, available in a Bison Books edition.

Author Biography

Stan Hoig is professor emeritus of journalism at the University of Central Oklahoma. His other books include The Sand Creek Massacre, Perilous Pursuit: The U. S. Cavalry and the Northern Cheyennes, and The Battle of the Washita: The Sheridan-Custer Indian Campaign of 1867–69, available in a Bison Books edition.

Table of Contents

Laugh Kills Lonesome	p. 17
The Windy West	p. 37
Cow Country Critters	p. 54
Law Without Order	p. 73
The Quick and the Dead	p. 93
Cowboy vs. Railroader	p. 109
Grub Pi-ii-ile!	p. 126
Pilgrims	p. 145
Parlor Sittin'	p. 160
Next Year's Savings	p. 179
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