Dancin' in Anson: A History of the Texas Cowboys' Christmas Ball
(Part of the Grover E. Murray Studies in the American Southwest Series)
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In the 1880s, there wasn't much in Anson, Texas, in the way of entertainment for the area's cowhands. But Star Hotel operator M. G. Rhodes changed that when he hosted a Grand Ball the weekend before Christmas. A restless traveling salesman, rancher, and poet from New York named William Lawrence Chittenden, a guest at the Star Hotel, was so impressed with the soiree that he penned his observances in the poem "The Cowboys' Christmas Ball." Reenacted...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0896728919
ISBN13:9780896728912
Release Date:November 2014
Publisher:Texas Tech University Press
Length:176 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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