This book explores what life was like for the cowboys and describes a cowboy's gear, a cowboy's skills, a cattle drive, and the cowtowns.

Describes, in text and photographic illustrations, the duties, clothes, equipment, and day-to-day life of the cowboys who flourished in the west from the 1860's to the 1890's.

A brief introduction to the day-to-day life of cowboys in the American West.

Contents: bk. 1. Cowboys--bk. 2. The Buffalo soldiers.

This book introduces the life and times of the people from the Old West describing their homes, jobs, tools, clothes, and travel.

Relates the history of the African American cowboys who played an integral part in the building of the American West.

An account of the adventurous African Americans whose exploits contributed to the legends of the Wild West.

Text and historical photographs trace the history of cowboys and longhorns in the United States, discussing how their image and place in American culture have changed throughout the years.

Revealing the estimate by historians to be that about one quarter of American cowboys were actually black, Latino, Native American or women, a collection of biographical portraits reveals the true stories of famous sharpshooters and rodeo stars.