Edition - All About Cowboy Life - The Banner Weekly edition
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Northern Illinois University
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The Banner Weekly
v. 4 no. 208 (page 8)
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All About Cowboy Life
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Broncho John
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November 6, 1886
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"It is the general impression among the people in the East, as well as with tourists in the great West," said the clever cowboy lecturer and writer, J. H. Sullivan, who is known on the plains and elsewhere as Broncho John, "that the long hair, wide-brimmed hats, big spurs, fringed leggings, and other striking thigs in a cowboy's outfit and appearance are worn simply for show and bluster; but, like many other popular ideas about cowboys, that impression is entirely wrong..." |