Cowboy Curmudgeon and Other Poems [ILLUSTRATED] (Paperback)

~ (Author), Clinton McRae (Illustrator) "It seemed to me a simple thing since my socks was showin' through: Turn my old boots out to pasture, and buy a pair-brand new..." (more)
Key Phrases: Ian Tyson, Bill Seward, Chas Weldon (more...)

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Ain't No Cowboy Heaven
Anothe Cowboy
Applied Genesis
Bareback Rider
The Belt
Bill Seward, King Of The Jersey Lilly
Boot Shopping
Box Elders
Broke, Afoot And Old
Call Anytime
Charles Finley Parking
The Clincher
Clint
Coffee
Commuted Sentence
The Complaint Cowboy
A Conversation With Albert
A Cost-return Analysis
Cowboy Curmudgeon
The Coyote
Custer Country
The Debut
Definitions Of Poor
Degrees Of Water
Different Drummers
The Disputed Epicure
Dock Groom
E.m. (red) Kluver
Eminent Domain
Exodus
Gabe Foster
Give Us A Song, Ian Tyson
Gooseberries
Grandmother's French Hollyhocks
The Grass-fat Steers
The Great Montana Centennial Cattle Drive
Handy Harry
Hat Etiquette
Hired Hand
Holiday Season
The Homestead House
Howdy, Mr. Hunter
I Knowed Old Charlie Well
In Quest Of The Festive Bough
Jerry Kinzel
The Land
The Lingo Of Our Callin'
Little Things
The Livestock Leader
Maggie
Malcolm And The Stranglers
Me And The Hippie On The Greyhound Bus
My Requiem
National Park
Ol' Proc
Old Bluffer
The Old Men In The Lobby
Old Speed And Two Milk Cows
On Rural Relocation
One More Shipping Day
An Ounce Of Prevention
Our Communion
Outriders At The End Of The Trail
Pax Vobiscum
Put That Back...hoedown
A Quiet Night On The Prairie
Rachel
Ranch Wife
Red Pup, Bonine And Owl
Reincarnation
Rider's Block
Rodeo
Roundup's Over
A Salute To The Cowboy Artists
Shopping
Signs
Snuffy And Sodie And The Cowboy Code
Sold To The Highest Bidder
Telephone Call
Ten Thousand Places
Things Of Intrinsic Worth
Three Dogs Sat On The Sidewalk
The Torch Is Passed
Touchy Questions
Up North Is Down The Crick
Urban Cowboy
Vegetable Cultivation
We Never Rode The Judiths
Weeds
What Kind Of An Outfit You Got?
Winter Moisture
A Woman's Place Is In The Home. That Always Has Made Sense
The Yellowstone
Zack Tilman
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Product Description

6X9 In, 144 Pp, 25 Black & White < Illustrations < Wally McRae, A Regularly Featured < Performer At The Annual Cowboy Poetry < Gathering In Elko, Has Performed On A < Syndicated Television Program and At The < National Cowboy Hall of Fame. He Is The < First Cowboy Poet To Be Granted A < National Heritage Award. This Book < Contains 94 of His Poems, Including < Such Classics As "Reincarnation, " Along < With 40 New Poems Published For The < First Time.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Gibbs Smith; 1st edition (January 28, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0879054638
• ISBN-13: 978-0879054632
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #702,785 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Poet lariat. . ., February 11, 2004

By	Ronald Scheer "rockysquirrel" (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Wallace McRae is a cowboy's cowboy poet. A rancher from Forsyth, Montana, with a gift of language, humor, and heart that makes his work rise far above the mainstream of this particular brand of American literature. This book is a collection of over 50 of his most popular poems, including classics such as "Reincarnation" and "Give Us a Song, Ian Tyson."

Writing in western vernacular, with clever turns of phrase and imaginative turns of thought, he covers a range of subjects from cowboys and ranching to boot shopping and hollyhocks. There are poems on gooseberries, coyotes, and the change of seasons, and many are tongue in cheek, like a cross-cultural conversation with a hippie and cataloging the trials of raising a son who takes after yourself.

Yes, many of the poems are "curmudgeonly." He complains about hunters and tourists, Californians and city folk in general, the environmental and social havoc of strip mining and clear cutting, and people who want to off-load their unwanted pets and unruly kids in the country. But just as often there is heart-felt sentiment, in the loss of a good hired hand who moves on, the loss of a neighbor whose ranch gets foreclosed, the retirement of an old rodeo bareback rider.

McRae's poems belong on anyone's shelf of western literature. He's the genuine article.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cowboy Poetry don't git no better'n this!!!!!!, April 16, 1998

By	[e-mail] (Lost Wages, Nevada) - See all my reviews

This is one that you'll not put aside until you git done with it. Laughter, tears, plain ol' country. If you ain't Country, You ain't. Now I see that all o' the rest of Wallie's books are outta print. Gotta say somethin' great!!!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Cowboy Curmudgeon, July 16, 2002

By	"coopmd" (Kennewick, Wa USA) - See all my reviews

Great poems with a humerous twist and a unique view of life on a working Montana ranch.