Customer Reviews

Cowboy (Eyewitness Books)

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I like this book on Cowboy (Eyewitness Books) & I think it's a cool book & in this book you can see why what an athentic chuckwagon looks like, how an expert ropes a calf, a rodeo rider in action on a wild steer, how a saddle is made & a Mongolian lassoing a wild horse.

Also learn about where wild horses and bulls live in France, why cowboys wear Long Johns, how to tame a bucking bronco, why a gaucho decorates his belt with silver coins.

You can always discover how the cowboy's romantic image influenced music & films & even much, much more ever!!!!

This book reminds me of a video called "Big Comfy Couch: You Can Do it Molly, Black Beauty book illustrated by Susan Jeffers.

This is the best cowboy book ever!!!!!!!!!!!

This is like a new favorite of eyewitness books ever!!!!

I loved this book!!!!!!!!!!!

DK eyewitness books are some of the greatest non-fiction books around. The distinctive white background and high-quality photography gives this book an edge over any other cowboy picture book. And -- these pictures are real! They're beautiful photos of historically cowboy/cowgirl things, accompanied by informative captions and text.

Learn about American cowboys in the old west (along with cowboys from a few other cultures). See photos of real cowboy paraphernelia, clothing, weapons, etc.!

If you know someone (young or old) who is fascinated by all things cowboy, then you must introduce them to this book! It's a visual crash course in cowboys, and it's excellent!

It gives some of the basic facts about the western cowboy though the cover and overall presentation is misleading. While the American cowboy remains at the center of the book, enough coverage is given to international cattlemen to technically make this book about cow herders of the world, and not about American cowboys per se.

Had we wanted a book on cow herders of the world, we would have looked for one, but of course, we were looking for a book on American cowboys.

Add to this the problem of the DK staff editorializing the book with many unnecessary opinions, and the book was very disappointing indeed. (Opinions on women being "condemned" to wear skirts, legal guns making the west more dangerous, and the oddest statement I've ever read, that cowboys wore their boots in the fashion that they did because of how proud they were of their small feet?. . . )

Odd statements, and unnecessary and controversial statements aside, the book was worth keeping, though I wouldn not recommend it.

It's great for a quick reference guide. Could have been longer with more details for the modern cowboy. A great book nonetheless.

the book arrived earlier than expected but a little more worn than i thought but my son loves it!!! i would order again from this seller.

i'm not much for the wild west but my girlfriend wanted a book as something to referrence for her tattoo. it's a great book with lots of information for kids so i would highly recommend this book

The international Cowboy information was not wanted. I needed a book about the American Cowboy and nothing else. If I had wanted a book with the Cowboys of other countries I would have bought one.

There were too many opinions about guns being bad in the old west. Such as one stating the Mexican Cowboys were better than the American Cowboys because they didn't use guns to settle their differences. The Mexican Cowboys were poorly paid and they could not afford pistols or rifles and they didn't go on long cattle drives where they might need guns for defense. In any case none of this gun control opinion was necessary and should have not been in the book.

The pictures were great and the detail was wonderful. The chuck wagon picture and item labels were worth the price of the book. I would buy this book again in spite of it's flaws.