Bibliograph

Pecos Bill, the greatest cowboy of all time, by James Cloyd Bowman ; pictures by Laura Bannon

Type

Label

Pecos Bill, the greatest cowboy of all time, by James Cloyd Bowman ; pictures by Laura Bannon

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Pecos Bill

Oclc number

72987796

Responsibility statement

by James Cloyd Bowman ; pictures by Laura Bannon

Series statement

The New York Review children's collection

Sub title

the greatest cowboy of all time

Summary

Relates some of the legends of Pecos Bill, from the moment he bounced out of his family's covered wagon to the day his long-lost brother appears and explains that Bill is not like the coyotes that have raised him

Table Of Contents

Pecos Bill becomes a coyote -- Pecos Bill discovers he is a human -- Pecos Bill meets a cowpuncher -- Pecos Bill invents modern cowpunching -- Pecos teaches the cowboys to play -- Pecos Bill invents the perpetual motion ranch -- Pecos Bill gentles the Devil's Cavalry -- Pecos Bill busts Pegasus -- Old Satan busts Pikes Peak -- Eyeglass Dude Englishmen -- Enter Slue-Foot Sue -- Cutting Pee-Wee's eye teeth -- Pecos Bill busts the cyclone -- Mysterious stranger -- Slue-Foot Sue dodges the moon -- Rustlers deluxe -- Going of Pecos and Widow Maker -- Fabled Demigod

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification