The Long Ride Home: Black Cowboys In America
Document Type
Book
Publication Date
2024
Published In
The Long Ride Home: Black Cowboys In America
Abstract
The Long Ride Home: Black Cowboys in America tells the story of the Black cowboy experience in contemporary America like no other book. Although Black cowboys have been a fixture on the American landscape since the nineteenth century, few people are aware of their enduring contributions to the history of the West and how their unique culture continues to thrive today in urban as well as rural areas all over the country. The book features Ron Tarver's beautiful, compelling, and often surprising contemporary images of African-American cowboys that not only convey the Black cowboy's way of life and its rich heritage, but also affirm a thriving culture of Black-owned ranches and rodeo operations, parades, inner-city cowboys, retired cowhands, and Black cowgirls of all ages, too. Tarver, who grew up in a family of Black cowboys in Oklahoma, uses his artistry to question, if not upend, long-held notions of what it means to be a cowboy and, with that, what it means to be an American.
Published By
George F. Thompson Publishing
Recommended Citation
Ron Tarver.
(2024).
"The Long Ride Home: Black Cowboys In America".
The Long Ride Home: Black Cowboys In America.
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