“The best all-around study of the American cowboy ever written. Every page crackles with keen analysis and vivid prose about the Old West. A must-read!” —

Tells the stories of sixteen women who drove cattle up the trail from Texas during the last half of the nineteenth century.

Over 450 entries provide information on cowboy history, culture, and myth of both North and South America.

Who were the black cowboys? They were drovers, foremen, fiddlers, cowpunchers, cattle rustlers, cooks, and singers. They worked as wranglers, riders, ropers, bu