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Winner, Mitchell A. Wilder Award for Publication Design, Texas Association of Museums
Folks across the West know a cowpoke named Jake. A good-hearted guy, hes always up to his eyebrows in debt or drought or prickly pears looking for them dad-blamed ole wild cows. In fact, hes so real a fella that its hard to believe that Ace Reid made him up.
This book brings together 139 of Ace Reids popular Cowpokes cartoons, reproduced in large format to show the artistry and attention to detail that characterized Reids work. Grouped around themes such as work, weather, bankers, and friends, they reveal the distinctive you might as well laugh as cry sense of humor that ranch folks draw on to get through hard work and hard times.
In the foreword, Washington Post cartoonist Pat Oliphant offers an appreciation of Reids Cowpokes cartoons, noting that Aces work has a magic of its own, and it owes nothing to anyone else. Reids longtime friend Elmer Kelton recounts Aces life and career in the introduction, describing how a shy boy who grew up on ranch work transformed himself into an artist-entrepreneur who never met a stranger and who made ranch work the subject of his real love, cartooning. This collectors volume belongs on the shelf of everyone who loves the Cowpokes cartoons, knows a fella like Jake, or enjoys the dry wit of the American cowboy.
Author: Ace Reid
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 03/01/1999
Series: Southwestern Writers Collection Series, Wittliff Collections
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 10.06h x 8.01w x 0.44d
ISBN: 9780292770973
Language: English
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