COW PEOPLE

by J. Frank Bobie ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 13, 1964

Governor?"" ""What is it, sir?"" ""I'd like to ask a question, sir."" ""Ask , sir."" ""Governor, don't you think a better remedy could be found for coughs and colds than whiskey?"" ""Young man... youngman, who in the hell would want a better remedy for coughs and colds than whiskey?"" So roars old Governor O. M. Roberts who wrote the Jack Rabbit History of Texas and whose fondness for distilled medicine is recorded in Dobie's gallery of cow people. And what a grease-fried crew of trailusters they are. Dobie himself is one of the best historians of Texan lore and has ad his perspectives expanded by teaching at Cambridge University and elsewhere. is cow folk smell of earth and dung and ""never pass the requirements of film and TV."" They are hickory-hard primitives. Some of his more moody essays such as The Right empo have a sure literary touch and he tells all his anecdotes with a muted bravura. Point your herd toward the North Star and RIDE OUT!

Pub Date: Oct. 13, 1964

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Little, Brown

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1964

Categories: NONFICTION