Cowboy Rhymes : Tall Tales & True Tales
F. Allen Brewer & Richard E. Ufford
Assumed self published
(c)1987
Now this here is a quandary to be sure. I found this little sliver of nothing (okay, not so "little" since its 96 pages, but it's staple bound and I feel bound to write about it) {I need a high hat}
These gents seem to have originated in Utah, from other sources I have found, but there is not telling where this book was printed because there is NO publisher information anywhere in the book. The back cover is blank. There are photos of the cowboy poets and some B&W illustrations throughout the book and in all likelihood it was created for one of those Cowboy Poetry gathering. Just my guess.
I am not predisposed to rhyming poetry and haven't since leaving Dr. Seuss behind a long time ago, but I am willing to acknowledge the craft of writing in this style. If I do have an issue with Cowboy Poetry it is that it is the white man's telling of the West (and how they took it). Subtle hints and phrases and nudges and winks but they aren't any Natives in these camps nor do I imagine there would be. Victors and vanquished. A subtext of this entire genre.
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