Pull those dusty old books off the shelf, in this episode we're beginning a discussion of early American frontier stories and how they would ultimately shape our perceptions of the cowboy.  In this first part, we talk about James Fenimore Cooper and his "Leatherstocking Tales".  Learn how the books were inspired and how the characters that Cooper created served as a basis for many great American literary characters for generations to come.

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Picking up from the previous episode on the different ways cattle and horses made it to the American Continent and how different cultures used them; along with the equipment, techniques and words that are still a part of the cattle industry to this day.

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In this episode we take a detailed look at how cattle made their way to the new world and the people who made it happen.  Learn more about the podcast at thecowboypodcast.com

In this episode we talk about the Cowboy in pop culture and its impact. 

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