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The Universe According to Annie Proulx; or, Fine Just the Way It Is

Don’t read Annie Proulx’s newest book. Don’t read it if you have a drop of sentimentality about the West, if you call cowboys heroes, or if you smile fondly at pictures of cacti and coyotes or eat funnel cake and ice cream as you buy souvenir T-shirts in quaint little western towns. Proulx’s Fine Just the […]

Posted on September 18th, 2008 under Cowboy Mythos, Pulp Westerns and Paperbacks; Book Reviews, The Good the Bad the Fugly. Tags: , , , , . Comments: 12

Old Jeans Are a Gold Mine; or Cowboy Fact #25

A pair of one hundred-year-old blue jeans, found in an abandoned gold mine in California? $36,099. The chance to touch or even *gulp* wear these worn Levis? Priceless.
But such is the glamour of honest toil. Denim designers must have been salivating at the sight of the old, ripped, stained, and soiled pants, because while no […]

Posted on August 3rd, 2008 under Cowboy Mythos, Men Were Men and Women Were Women, The Good the Bad the Fugly, Western World Events, Wild Western Web. Tags: , , , , , , , . Comments: 6