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001 2014027986
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008 140922s2014 txuab b s001 0 eng
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020 $z9780896728929 (e-book)
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050 00 $aPS1294.C3$bZ56 2014
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084 $aHIS036130$2bisacsh
100 1 $aCarlson, Paul Howard.
245 10 $aDancin' in Anson :$ba history of the Texas Cowboys' Christmas ball /$cPaul H. Carlson ; foreword by Michael Martin Murphey.
264 1 $aLubbock, Texas :$bTexas Tech University Press,$c[2014]
300 $axx, 148 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm.
490 0 $aGrover E. Murray studies in the American Southwest
520 $a"Celebrating the celebration of the Old West. In the 1880s, there wasn't much in Anson, Texas, in the way of entertainment for the area's cowhands. But Star Hotel operator M. G. Rhodes changed that when he hosted a Grand Ball the weekend before Christmas. A restless traveling salesman, rancher, and poet from New York named William Lawrence Chittenden, a guest at the Star Hotel, was so impressed with the soiree that he penned his observances in the poem "The Cowboys' Christmas Ball." Reenacted annually since 1934 based on Chittenden's poem, the contemporary dances attract people from coast to coast, from Canada, and from across Europe and elsewhere. Since 1993 Grammy Award-winning musical artist Michael Martin Murphey has played at the popular event. Far more than a history of the Jones County dance, Paul Carlson analyzes the long poem, defining the many people and events mentioned and explaining the Jones County landscape Chittenden lays out in his celebrated work. The book covers the evolution of cowboy poetry and places Chittenden and his poem chronologically within the ever-changing western genre. Dancin' in Anson: A History of the Texas Cowboys' Christmas Ball is a novel but refreshing look at a cowboy poet, his poem, and a joyous Christmas-time family event that traces its roots back nearly 130 years"--$cProvided by publisher.
520 $a""Explores the history and reenactment of the Texas Cowboys' Christmas Ball held in Anson, TX every year since 1934; analyzes the poem by William Lawrence Chittenden written about the Anson Christmas dances in the 1880s and is the basis for the reenactment."--Provided by publisher"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 133-140) and index.
600 10 $aChittenden, William Lawrence,$d1862-1934$xCriticism and interpretation.
650 0 $aChristmas$zTexas.
650 0 $aAmerican poetry$xHistory and criticism.
651 0 $aWest (U.S.)$xIn literature.
650 7 $aHISTORY / United States / State & Local / Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX).$2bisacsh