{"product_id":"9780890134788","title":"Jack Thorpe's Songs of the Cowboys","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1908 a local rancher and surveyor by the name of N. Howard \"Jack\" Thorp walked into the cramped offices of the \u003cem\u003eEstancia News \u003c\/em\u003ein Estancia, New Mexico, and inquired of the printer about publishing a small book of \"cowboy songs.\" For at least nineteen years, Thorp had sought out cowboy ballads and poems from across the West--from New Mexico and Texas to Wyoming and Utah--and had written a few ditties himself. The finished volume, printed for just six cents a copy, included twenty-three songs and was the first book published devoted exclusively to cowboy songs. Thorp is recognized for being the first person to take a serious interest in collecting and preserving the ballads penned by ranchers to calm cattle on the range. This new edition of an oft-reprinted classic features an essay by Western historian and musician Mark L. Gardner and line illustrations by noted Western artist and rancher Ronald Kil. Included with the book is a CD of a recording of a selection of songs and poems taken from both the original 1908 edition and the 1921 expanded second edition. In their renditions, Gardner and Rex Rideout re-create the historic music preserved by Thorp with vintage instruments and authentic styles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Museum of New Mexico Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47012597956848,"sku":"9780890134788","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780890134788_p0.jpg?v=1763855021","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780890134788","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}