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West (U.S.) --- America --- American West --- Trans-Mississippi West (U.S.) --- United States, Western --- Western States (U.S.) --- Western United States --- History --- History. --- Discovery and exploration.

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Herding cattle from horseback has been a tradition in northern Mexico and the American West since the Spanish colonial era. The first mounted herders were the Mexican vaqueros, expert horsemen who developed the skills to work cattle in the brush country and deserts of the Southwestern borderlands. From them, Texas cowboys learned the trade, evolving their own unique culture that spread across the Southwest and Great Plains. The buckaroos of the Great Basin west of the Rockies trace their origin to the vaqueros, with influence along the way from the cowboys, though they, too, have ways and customs distinctly their own. In this book, three long-time students of the American West describe the history, working practices, and folk culture of vaqueros, cowboys, and buckaroos. They draw on historical records, contemporary interviews, and numerous photographs to show what makes each group of mounted herders distinctive in terms of working methods, gear, dress, customs, and speech. They also highlight the many common traits of all three groups. This comparative look at vaqueros, cowboys, and buckaroos brings the mythical image of the American cowboy into focus and detail and honors the regional and national variations. It will be an essential resource for anyone who would know or portray the cowboy—readers, writers, songwriters, and actors among them.

Cowboys --- Ranch life --- History. --- Social life and customs. --- West (U.S.) --- Southwest, New --- Mexico

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Will Wright explores the continuing popularity of the myth of the Wild West, demonstrating how, as a cultural icon, it speaks deeply to a desire for individualism and liberty. The author discusses the myth through market and social theory.

Civil society --- Cowboys --- Individualism --- Public opinion --- Social contract --- History --- West (U.S.) --- Social conditions. --- Individualism. --- Social contract.

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""What an astonishing life and what a remarkable biography. Lewis Barney's sojourn on the hard edge of the American frontier is a forgotten epic. Not only does this book tell of an amazing personal odyssey from his birth in upstate New York in 1808 to his death in Mancos, Colorado, in 1894, but Barney's tale represents a living evocation of some of the most significant themes in American history. Frederick Jackson Turner theorized that the frontier shaped our national character, but Lewis Barney's life stands as a testament to the real impact of the westering experience on a man and his f

Mormon pioneers --- Mormon Church --- Barney, Lewis, --- Utah --- Frontier and pioneer life --- History --- West (U.S.) --- Pioneers --- Latter Day Saint churches --- Latter Day Saint pioneers --- Mormonism --- Christian sects

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Tells the story of the 8,000 mile expedition across the uncharted western United States led by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Includes the stories of the young army men, French-Canadian boatmen, Clark's African-American slave, and the Shoshone woman named Sacagawea who went with them.

Discoveries in geography --- Documentary films. --- Video recordings for the hearing impaired. --- American. --- Lewis and Clark Expedition --- West (U.S.) --- United States --- Description and travel. --- Discovery and exploration.