American Dude Ranch: A Touch of the Cowboy and the Thrill of the West Volume 8

by Lynn Downey

Book Overview

Viewers of films and television shows might imagine the dude ranch as something not quite legitimate, a place where city dwellers pretend to be cowboys in amusingly inauthentic fashion. But the tradition of the dude ranch, America's original western vacation, is much more interesting and deeply connected with the culture and history of the American West. In American Dude Ranch, Lynn Downey opens new perspectives on this buckaroo getaway, with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806180226
• ISBN13: 9780806180229
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"