Cowboy's Lament: A Life on the Open Range (Voice in the American West)

by David Stanley (Foreword), JimHoy (Foreword), Frank Maynard (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2010

  $26.41

  In memoir, poetry, and prose, describes the adventures of Frank Maynard, an open range cowboy whose ten-year career coincided with the peak of the Great Plains trail-drive era. Folklore scholars credit Maynard with adapting Irish ballad 'The Unfortunate Rake' from its American version to the well known 'The Cowboy's Lament' --Provided by publisher.