BOOK REVIEWS Emmy Perez proves herself adept at POETRY writing free verse and prose poetry in GREGORY BRYAN. Paul this volume where her love of and con- Goble, Storyteller. South Da- JEFFREY ALFIER (photographer) cerns for the contemporary Southwest kota Historical Society Press. and LARRY D. THOMAS (poet). Bleak become obvious. Paperback, 204 pages, Music: Photographs & Poems of the American $29.95, SDHSPress. Southwest. Blue Horse. Trade paperback, RED SHUTTLEWORTH. Straight com. 42 pages, $15, BlueHorsePress.com. Ahead. Blue Horse. Trade paperback, “I am following Former Texas poet laureate Larry D. 117 pages, $16, BlueHorsePress.com. the dreams I had Thomas puts poems to Alfier’s photo- You can feel the burnt-grass wind, as a child,” wrote graphs in this absorbing look at creosote hear Hank Williams tunes playing on English-born artist bushes, cactus, crumbling ruins and rust- the juke box in some kicker bar and and children’s book ing cars. smell Copenhagen and bourbon on Red author Paul Goble (1933-2017). Shuttleworth’s breath in this outstand- As a young man, he moved to the SANDRA K. SAGALA (com- ing collection of stark yet beautiful American West out of love for the piler). Buffalo Bill Cody: A Collection poems. land and fascination with Ameri- of Poems on the 100th Anniversary of can Indians. He then devoted a His Death. Red Dashboard. Trade RED SHUTTLEWORTH. To Begin prolific career – and his prodigious paperback, 233 pages, $19.99, With. Bunchgrass. Chapbook, price not talent as a painter and writer – to RedDashboard.com. listed, PoetRedShuttleworth.Blogspot. retelling, in picture-book form, Sandra Sagala com. Indian history, stories and legends. has been on Wil- One of the West’s premier poets offers Goble’s work is infused with liam F. “Buffalo five stunning poems in this limited- respect for Native peoples and his Bill” Cody’s trail for edition chapbook. belief that everything in nature years, covering the shares a spiritual connection. obscure aspects of Goble’s The Girl Who Loved Wild the frontiersman JUVENILE Horses won the Caldecott Medal, and showman’s life, and his paintings are displayed such as his theatrical JOHNNY D. BOGGS. Top Soldier. worldwide. This biography/art career (Buffalo Bill Center Point. Hardcover, 285 pages, book, beautifully written and Cody on Stage) and his dalliance $33.95, CenterpointLargePrint.com. stunningly illustrated with Goble’s in movies (Buffalo Bill on the Silver A young Texas boy struggles while work, is a delight. Highly recom- Screen). Now she has compiled a waiting for his father’s return from the mended for the YA and adult poetry collection in conjunction Civil War and in the years immedi- reader. th with the 100 anniversary of his ately afterward, trying to discern if his – Nancy Plain death. Cody, who died on January dad was a hero or was, and remains, a 10, 1917, at age 70, inspired men coward. S.J. DAHLSTROM. The Green Colt. and women worldwide – including Paul Dry. Paperback, 164 pages, $8.95, poets. Here we get offerings from ALICE V. BROCK. The River of PaulDryBooks.com. anonymous poets to the famed Cattle. Pen-L. Trade paperback, 225 This is a story of the sacred bond be- poet scout, Captain Jack Crawford pages, $13.97, Pen-L.com. tween living things, told beautifully, with … from 19th Century writers to This middle-grade novel paints a vivid grace and quiet power and shows S.J. 20th and 21st Century contributors picture of hardship, perseverance, and Dahlstrom to be a big new talent. … from talented writers to, well, prejudice overcome in the post-Civil awful hacks. This collection – and War Southwest. LAURA B. EDGE (author) and Sagala’s observations – reveal the STEPHANIE FORD (illustrator). impact Cody had, and has, on MELANIE CHRISMER. Lone Star Tad Lucas: Trick-Riding Rodeo Cowgirl. American history and literature. Legacy: The Texas Rangers Then and Now. Pelican. Hardcover, 32 pages, $16.99, – Johnny D. Boggs Pelican. Trade paperback, 144 pages, PelicanPub.com. $16.95, PelicanPub.com. This well-illustrated, informative biog- EMMY PEREZ. With the River on Our Recounting the 200-year history of raphy for children tells the life story of Face. University of Arizona Press. Trade the Texas Rangers, this book reads more Nebraska-born Barbara “Tad” Barnes, paperback, 96 pages, $16.95, uapress. like an encyclopedia, touching on high who was riding and rodeoing long before 26 arizona.edu. notes of a certain period or character. she married bronc rider Buck Lucas. 26 ROUNDUP MAGAZINE AUGUST 2017 CANDACE FLEMING. Presenting cover, 30 pages, $14.95, TheFort.com. seasons in Yosemite National Park. This Buffalo Bill: The Man Who Invented the The charming true story of Sissy book is a fun insight into how changing Wild West. Roaring Book. Hardcover, Bear, a 2-month-old Canadian black seasons affect bears in Yosemite’s forested 259 pages, $19.99, us.macmillan.com. bear cub that went to live with the high country. Using sources such as William F. Arnold family at The Fort, a Morrison, Cody’s autobiography as well as re- Colorado, replica of the historic Bent’s spected biographers, Candace Fleming Old Fort in southeastern Colorado. NONFICTION tells Cody’s story in a fashion that will Great vintage photos and beautiful il- appeal to young adults. lustrations by Christina Wald. CHRISTOPHER KNOWL- TON. Cattle Kingdom: The Hidden RACHELLE “ROCKY” GIB- NANCY OSWALD. Trouble Returns: History of the Cowboy BONS. Big Buckaroo Goes to the Special A Ruby and Maude Adventure. Trade West. Houghton Mifflin Olympics. Tate. Hardcover, paperback, paperback, 208 pages, $8.95, Harcourt. Hardcover, 32 pages, $19.99, $10.99. FilterPressBooks.com. 448 pages, $29, Inspired by real-life heroes, this Continuing the adventures of 11-year- HMHCo.com. colorfully illustrated book continues old Ruby May Oliver and her mule, Christopher Knowl- the journey of Big Buckaroo. He and Maude, in the Colorado mountains of ton uses his business nephew, Firefighter Joe, join together the 1890s, Nancy Oswald blends the background – working and volunteer to coach at the Special rustic everyday life of a young girl grow- for Fortune Magazine Olympics. ing up in the mountains with historic and an investment descriptions of Colorado Springs, where management firm – to add insight JAMES J. GRIFFIN. A Ranger Re- Ruby must testify at a murder trial. to this history of the open range deemed. Painted Pony. Trade paperback, cattle industry. The first overview 128 pages, $8.99, PaintedPonyBooks. DONNA ALICE PATTON and history of the Old West cattle era com. EMILY CHASE SMITH. Saddle Up! in decades offers a fresh take on Another well-written young-adult Chase Smith. Paperback, 250 pages, the industry and the people. 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South Dakota Historical Society 1880s-90s Wyoming, but this re- Stewart and Hoot Harrison up against Press. Trade paperback, 102 pages, markable achievement should still outlaws, prairie fires and hostile Indians $16.95, SDHSPress.com. enjoy a prominent place alongside while trying to break in some new A prolific writer of books for young David Dary’s Cowboy Culture and Rangers. adults, Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve of- Walter Prescott Webb’s The Great fers this one based on the untold stories Plains on the bookshelves of West- WILLIAM GRILL. The Wolves of of women in her native culture. This ern buffs and historians. Currumpaw. Flying Eye. Hardcover, 80 book is a product of the author’s study – Johnny D. Boggs pages, $24, FlyingEyeBooks.com. of winter counts (calendar of events, Writer-artist William Grill retells originally painted on animal hides) and and reimagines “Lobo: The King of oral histories. BOB ALEXANDER. Whiskey River Currumpaw,” the short story in Ernest Ranger: The Old West Life of Baz Outlaw. Thompson Seton’s book Wild Animals I GINGER WADSWORTH (author) University of North Texas Press. Hardcov- have Known. Seton, of course, knew Old and DANIEL SAN SOUCI (illustra- er, 373 pages, $34.95, UNTPress.unt.edu. Lobo well – and so will older children tor). Seasons of the Bear: A Yosemite Story. With a name like Baz Outlaw, you in this handsome, thought-provoking Yosemite Conservancy. Hardcover, 32 might not suspect that he became a law- narrative. pages, $15.95, YosemiteConservancy. man. Not only was he a lawman, he was com. also one of the toughest and most effec- HOLLY ARNOLD KINNEY. Sissy Follow a mother bear and her cubs as tive Texas Rangers of the storied Frontier Bear at The Fort. Fur Trade Press. Hard- they learn and discover life during four Battalion. AUGUST 2017 ROUNDUP MAGAZINE 27 27 MIKE ANDERSON. Warren Ball- TOM CLAVIN. Dodge City: Wyatt lows. Utah State University Press. Trade park. Arcadia. Trade paperback, 127 Earp, Bat Masterson, and the Wickedest paperback, eBook, 416 pages, $26.95, pages, $21.99, ArcadiaPublishing.com.