Shorty's Yarns

Western Stories and Poems of Bruce Kiskaddon

171 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Set in Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona, the stories are a loosely tied string of old timer's yarns with a continuing cast of engaging characters, whom Kiskaddon avoids reducing to cowboy stereotypes. They include, as Siems describes them, "Kiskaddon himself as the character Shorty. As a common waddy with a small man's feistiness and a young man's mischief, Shorty encounters the wicked world with a succession of companions: Bill, high-headed and a bit of an outlaw; Rildy Briggs, untamable and unstoppable young cowgirl; and Ike, an old-fashioned dandy and 'a very fortunate person.' More or less in the background is the Boss-actually a series of Bosses-generally affectionately respected as long as he remains democratic in his dealings with the waddies. Buffoonery is provided by a succession of pompous characters, from townspeople who look down their noses on wild, unwashed waddies to professors from the East who have read books on how ranches should be run."

• Reihe: Utah State University Press
• ISBN: 9780874215809
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.04.2004
• Größe: 231 x 157 mm
• Verlag: Univ of Chicago behalf of UP Colorado
• Herausgegeben von: Bill Siems