- Paperback: 64 pages
- Publisher: Tricycle Press (Mar 1 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1582460205
- ISBN-13: 978-1582460208
- Product Dimensions: 22.1 x 21.1 x 0.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 227 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,275,497 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
This survey highlights the vigorous horsewomen who helped shape the West. Savage (author of the adult title Cowgirls) focuses on the daring girls and women who defied convention to ride horses, lasso cattle and buck broncos. The historical context is unfortunately oversimplified, such as the explanation that people moved West because "the East became grimy and crowded." But lovers of horses and fans of cowboy lore will enjoy these tales about individual women. Rodeo star Fannie Sperry, born in Montana in 1887, learned how to ride as a toddler: her mother simply placed her on the back of a gentle horse and told her not to fall off. A cowboy relates how the best hand on the cattle drive turned out to be a girl who had camouflaged herself as a boy. Better still are sidebars that present the cowgirls in their own words. In one, a Texas cowgirl defies her father and enters a bull-riding competition in the first All Girl Rodeo, "but I broke my hand in nine places. I didn't get bucked off. I broke it gripping so hard." A host of handsomely tinted vintage photographs showcase the power of these female cowhands, seen here wrestling calves to the ground and jumping over everything from fences to cars. A browser's delight. Ages 8-up.
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
Gr 4-8-With a smaller format and simpler text, but using many of the same outstanding illustrations found in her adult title, Cowgirls (Ten Speed, 1996; o.p.), Savage has created an outstanding book for young people. Children will encounter historical cattle ranchers and rodeo riders from Alberta to Texas, including Fannie Sperry, Evelyn Cameron, Calamity Jane, and Vera McGinnis. The different motives and passions of these cowhands are explored, including the "call of the West," love of horses and riding, and practical necessity. From riding gear, breaking wild horses, and daily ranch life to pioneer rodeoing, the range of this lifestyle is presented. The book also lends a perspective on the history of the West not always available to this audience. The attributed period photographs and reproductions of posters on every page, as well as boxed excerpts from letters and journals, complement a highly engaging text. Sepia tones and leather-textured framing for the illustrations add flavor to this nifty piece of bookmaking. An exemplary work.
Nancy Collins-Warner, Neill Public Library, Pullman, WA
Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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born to be acowgirl;a spirited ride through the old west, July 13 2008
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This book is a very informative, enjoyable trip through history about the beginnings of the cowgirls of the west and how they worked and lived during these times.i really enjoyed this book!
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