Bowman, James Cloyd, 1880-1961.,

Pecos Bill : the greatest cowboy of all time / by James Cloyd Bowman ; pictures by Laura Bannon. - New York : New York Review of Books, (c)2007?] - 254 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm. - The New York Review children's collection .

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.

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.



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Pecos Bill (Legendary character)--Legends.
Pecos Bill (Legendary character)--Legends.
Tall tales.

F596 / .P436 2007 F596