Songs of the Sage: The Cowboy Poetry of Curley Fletcher
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Songs of the Sage: The Cowboy Poetry of Curley Fletcher
By (Author) Curley Fletcher
Edited by Hal Cannon
Gibbs M. Smith Inc
Gibbs M. Smith Inc
1st April 2011
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
811.52
Physical Properties
Paperback
88
Width 108mm, Height 184mm, Spine 6mm
91g
Description
Curley Fletcher's poems have been passed down through generations of cowboys, recited around campfires, learned and relearned. Fletcher wrote for the lovers of the great open spaces-the mountains, valleys, and deserts that form the Empire of the West.
Author Bio
Carmen William "Curley" Fletcher was born in San Francisco in 1892 and grew up in Bishop, California. He is most famous for the poem "The Cowboy's Prayer."
Hal Cannon was the first director of the Western Folklife Center in Elko, Nevada, and founder of the Elko Cowboy Poetry Gathering. He lives in Salt Lake City.
