Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction: Ride the High Country or "They Went Thataway"; Cowboy Codes: Straight & Pure & All Boy; When We were Young: Nostalgia & the Cowboy Hero; Arms & the Man: The Friendly Gun; Give Me My Boots & Saddles: Camp Cowboy; Tall in the Saddle: Romance on the Range; White Hats & White Heroes: Who Is That Other Guy?; Virgin Land: Landscape, Nature, & Masculinity; Corporate Cowboys & the Shaping of a Nation; Postscript - The Frontiersman (1938); List of Films Mentioned; References; Index.

About the Author

Jerome Pohlen is the author of the Oddball series and a regular travel commentator for 848 on WBEZ, the Chicago affiliate of National Public Radio. He is a recent recipient of the Illinois Associated Press Broadcasters Award for Best Essay. He lives in Chicago.

Reviews

"For travelers with a taste for the offbeat and the time to indulge it." -- USA Today, June 13, 2003. "Travelers... will delight in this behind-the-scenes look at Colorado... Pohlen's quick wit and fast pace make this a fun read..." -- Sky West Magazine, Summer 2003. "You haven't experienced Colorado until you've viewed skull fragments of a cannibalized victim, or seen the UFO watchtower." -- Rocky Mountain News.