Ten Thousand Goddam Cattle: A History of the American Cowboy in Song, Story and Verse

by Katie Lee

This classic of cowboy lore including illustrations by cowboy artist William Moyers, first published in 1976, is now available only from the University of New Mexico Press.
"A beautiful job, exact, comprehensive and witty. Should remain a basic history of the subject for many years to come."--Edward Abbey

271 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1976

About the author

Katie Lee (born October 23, 1919 in Tucson, Arizona, United States) is an Arizona folk singer, writer, actress, photographer and environmental activist.

She graduated from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. After that, she went on to study with two of the most successful folksingers of the 1940s, Burl Ives and Josh White.

After joining a rafting trip in the Grand Canyon she became a regular on river trips on the Colorado River and joined the opposition to the construction of Glen Canyon Dam. In September and October 1955 she, Tad Nichols, and Frank Wright traveled through and documented parts of the Glen Canyon that later were to be submerged.


Source: Wikipedia.

Reviews

[Erika · Rating 2 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the content, songs and the jokes, but this was so so hard to get through-every time you'd get through a paragraph, your foot is in more quicksand sinking and lost in... what's going on?
And I truly do love this author. It's just hard to read.

[Norla Chee · Rating 4 out of 5]

3rd printing. Narrator is searching for Old Dolores town of a song. When found all that's left of it's glory is the song. However, the songs, poems, and stories heard during the search, not to mention the friends, is the real gold mine. Worth reading for the poems.