Discover the soulful melodies of the Old West with 'Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads', a compelling collection by John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax from 1964.
Title: Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
Collectors: John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax
Publisher: The Macmillan Company (New York)
Publication Date: 1964 (Fourteenth Printing of the 1938 Revised and Enlarged Edition)
Edition: Revised and Enlarged Edition, 14th Printing (Originally published in 1910; completely revised, enlarged, and reset in August 1938)
Binding & Dust Jacket:
Original publisher's hardcover in a protected pictorial dust jacket.
Features a classic illustration of a cowboy riding a bucking bronco on the front cover.
Condition Notes: Fair / Good Ex-Library Copy in Dust Jacket.
Ex-Library Markings: Includes institutional stamps from Jefferson Davis Junior College Library on the title page, handwritten call numbers on the flyleaf/title page, and spine call-number labels.
Interior: The text block is firm and tightly bound. Pages show mild, uniform age-toning but are clean and readable.
Interesting Historical Fact: John Lomax's 1910 collection of Cowboy Songs was one of the very first serious efforts to preserve American folk music before it disappeared forever. Armed with a heavy 300-pound cylinder recording machine, Lomax traveled to ranches, saloons, and campfires across the West.
This exact book is famous for officially introducing legendary American cowboy anthems to the public for the first time, including "Home on the Range" and "Git Along, Little Dogies." When Lomax first found "Home on the Range" in 1908, it was being sung by a blind saloon keeper in San Antonio, Texas; through this book, it went on to become one of the most famous folk songs in world history.
Discover the soulful melodies of the Old West with 'Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads', a compelling collection by John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax from 1964.
Title: Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
Collectors: John A. Lomax and Alan Lomax
Publisher: The Macmillan Company (New York)
Publication Date: 1964 (Fourteenth Printing of the 1938 Revised and Enlarged Edition)
Edition: Revised and Enlarged Edition, 14th Printing (Originally published in 1910; completely revised, enlarged, and reset in August 1938)
Binding & Dust Jacket:
Original publisher's hardcover in a protected pictorial dust jacket.
Features a classic illustration of a cowboy riding a bucking bronco on the front cover.
Condition Notes: Fair / Good Ex-Library Copy in Dust Jacket.
Ex-Library Markings: Includes institutional stamps from Jefferson Davis Junior College Library on the title page, handwritten call numbers on the flyleaf/title page, and spine call-number labels.
Interior: The text block is firm and tightly bound. Pages show mild, uniform age-toning but are clean and readable.
Interesting Historical Fact: John Lomax's 1910 collection of Cowboy Songs was one of the very first serious efforts to preserve American folk music before it disappeared forever. Armed with a heavy 300-pound cylinder recording machine, Lomax traveled to ranches, saloons, and campfires across the West.
This exact book is famous for officially introducing legendary American cowboy anthems to the public for the first time, including "Home on the Range" and "Git Along, Little Dogies." When Lomax first found "Home on the Range" in 1908, it was being sung by a blind saloon keeper in San Antonio, Texas; through this book, it went on to become one of the most famous folk songs in world history.
