Author: SILVERSIDES, BROCK V.
Title: Shooting Cowboys - Photographing Canadian Cowboy Culture 1875-1965
Description: Calgary, AB, Canada: Fifth House Publishers, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1895618959. 184 pages. "Traces the transformation of the cowboy image in Canada over a ninety-year period. An extensive selection of historical photographs from the Canadian west examines the photographer's role in creating and influencing the cultural myth of the cowboy... The text and photographs reveal how and why the archetypical cowboy images evolved, and how these images were used for postcards, tourist literature and souvenirs, magazine and book illustrations, and even for selling cattle." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. An excellent copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Shooting Cowboys - Photographing Canadian Cowboy Culture 1875-1965 Cowboys Canada Western History Pictorial Works Photography Photographers. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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