{"product_id":"black-cowboys-in-the-american-west-on-the-range-on-the-stage-behind-the-badge-9780806154060","title":"Black Cowboys in the American West: On the Range, on the Stage, behind the Badge","description":"\u003cbr\u003e Who were the black cowboys? They were drovers, foremen, fiddlers, cowpunchers, cattle rustlers, cooks, and singers. They worked as wranglers, riders, ropers, bulldoggers, and bronc busters. They came from varied backgrounds--some grew up in slavery, while free blacks often got their start in Texas and Mexico. Most who joined the long trail drives were men, but black women also rode and worked on western ranches and farms. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The first overview of the subject in more than fifty years, \u003ci\u003eBlack Cowboys in the American West \u003c\/i\u003esurveys the life and work of these cattle drivers from the years before the Civil War through the turn of the twentieth century. Including both classic, previously published articles and exciting new research, this collection also features select accounts of twentieth-century rodeos, music, people, and films. Arranged in three sections--\"Cowboys on the Range,\" \"Performing Cowboys,\" and \"Outriders of the Black Cowboys\"--the thirteen chapters illuminate the great diversity of the black cowboy experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Like all ranch hands and riders, African American cowboys lived hard, dangerous lives. But black drovers were expected to do the roughest, most dangerous work--and to do it without complaint. They faced discrimination out west, albeit less than in the South, which many had left in search of autonomy and freedom. As cowboys, they could escape the brutal violence visited on African Americans in many southern communities and northern cities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Black cowhands remain an integral part of life in the West, the descendants of African Americans who ventured west and helped settle and establish black communities. This long-overdue examination of nineteenth- and twentieth-century black cowboys ensures that they, and their many stories and experiences, will continue to be known and told. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruce A. Glasrud\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806154060\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBroussard, Albert S.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eAlbert S. Broussard\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at Texas A\u0026amp;M University and author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eExpectations of Equality: A History of Black Westerners.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSearles, Michael N.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eMichael N. Searles\u003c\/b\u003eis Emeritus Professor of History at Augusta University. Searles is a contributor to\u003ci\u003eBlack Cowboys of Texas\u003c\/i\u003eand, with Bruce Glasrud, coeditor of\u003ci\u003eBuffalo Soldiers in the American West: A Black Soldiers Anthology.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlasrud, Bruce A.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eBruce A. Glasrud\u003c\/b\u003e, Professor Emeritus at California State University, East Bay, and retired Arts and Sciences Dean, Sul Ross State University, is the author or editor of more than thirty books.\u003cbr\u003eEt al...\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Bruce A. Glasrud \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47809034715293,"sku":"9780806154060","price":62.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_2b837f2e-5b90-4f81-8b36-8a751a7ed414.jpg?v=1775555679","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/black-cowboys-in-the-american-west-on-the-range-on-the-stage-behind-the-badge-9780806154060","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}