TY - BOOK ID - 8212328 TI - Shorty's yarns : western stories and poems of Bruce Kiskaddon AU - Kiskaddon, Bruce AU - Field, Katherine AU - Siems, Bill PY - 2004 SN - 0874215803 9786613283443 1283283441 0874215293 9780874215298 087421579X 9780874215793 9780874215809 0874214971 9780874214970 PB - Utah State University, University Libraries DB - UniCat KW - Cowboys. KW - Ranch life. KW - West (U.S.). KW - Ranch life KW - Cowboys KW - American Literature KW - English KW - Languages & Literatures KW - West (U.S.) KW - Bronco busters KW - Broncobusters KW - Buckaroos KW - Buckeroos KW - Stockmen (Animal industry) KW - Vaqueiros KW - Vaqueros KW - Cattle herders KW - Horsemen and horsewomen KW - Gauchos KW - Farm life KW - Frontier and pioneer life KW - Overland journeys to the Pacific. KW - Mormon Church KW - Shoshoni Indians KW - History. KW - Social conditions. KW - Government relations. KW - United States. KW - California National Historic Trail. KW - Oregon National Historic Trail. KW - Transcontinental journeys (United States) KW - Travels KW - Voyages and travels KW - Shoshone Indians KW - Snake Indians KW - Indians of North America KW - Numic Indians KW - Shoshonean Indians KW - Utah Superintendency (United States. Office of Indian Affairs) KW - California Trail KW - Saint Joe Road KW - Oregon Trail KW - Overland Trails UR - http://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8212328 AB - Set in Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, the stories are a loosely tied string of old timer's yarns with a continuing cast of engaging characters, whom Kiskaddon avoids reducing to cowboy stereotypes. They include, as Siems describes them, ""Kiskaddon himself as the character Shorty. As a common waddy with a small man's feistiness and a young man's mischief, Shorty encounters the wicked world with a succession of companions: Bill, high-headed and a bit of an outlaw; Rildy Briggs, untamable and unstoppable young cowgirl; and Ike, an old-fashioned dandy and 'a very fortunate person.' More ER -