01166cam a2200277 4500 547197512 TxAuBib 20060818120000.0 121112s2002||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780806133843 pbk. $14.95 0806133848 pbk. $14.95 (OCoLC)748283561 Baker & Taylor TxAuBib Slatta, Richard W. Comparing Cowboys and Frontiers : New Perspectives on the History of the Americas. Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Txt), 2002. 320 p. Collection of essays that offers a "how-to" guide to comparative frontier research in the Americas. The popular Old West Cowboy is joined by the gaucho, llanero, vaquero, and charro as Slatta compares and contrasts their work techniques, forms of entertainment, equipment, diets, lingo, and vices. 20060818. Cowboys - History. Frontier and Pioneer Life - History. West (US) - History. Americas - Historiography. Frontier Times - Thesis. TXCKT