The Humor of the American Cowboy

by Stan Hoig, Nick Eggenhofer (Illustrator)

To the cowboy, for whom the world was a circus of creation, nothing was beyond the scope of laughter. His fertile imagination could produce trail drives of dry-land terrapins, cowboy firing squads for fighting game roosters, and a breed of "honk-honk birds" that could outrun a horse. He used humor to express his fondness for the West, to exchange sarcasms with railroaders, to teach lessons to tenderfeet, and even—sometimes—to laugh at death.

In The Humor of the American Cowboy, Stan Hoig presents an authentic collection of tall tales, anecdotes, yarns, jokes, and humorous incidents of the Old West that not only entertain but also focus attention on a sometimes overlooked phase of cowboy life.

200 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1970

About the author

1924-2009

Reviews

[Dean]

Enjoyable.

[Katy Lovejoy]

cowboys were certainly not how they were portrayed on tv

[Mayah Ritter]

Very entertaining. Short read, and insightful to a different perspective of the American Cowboy.

[Kevin]

who whoulda thunk it... American Cowboys were funny!