professional golfer Lee Trevino when he stated‚ “If you’ve ever driven across Texas‚ you know how different one area of the state can be from another. Take El Paso. It looks as much like Dallas as I look like Jack Nicklaus.” The quote is a metaphor that juxtaposes the characteristics shared between El Paso and Dallas to the physical similarities shared between Jack Nicklaus‚ one of the most successful golfers of all time‚ and Lee Trevino‚ a highly decorated Mexican-American golfer. Now‚ more than ever
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To begin with‚ a cowboy is a man who believes in God‚ country‚ family‚ and horse‚ which are all core American values. He is also a sharp shooter‚ who will answer your question the way he feels you should hear it rather than observe politically correctness. He’ll call things the way he sees them rather than exaggerate‚ because he knows deep inside what is true and what is not true which makes him incredibly honest. He is still extremely chivalrous‚ and deeply respects our legal system‚ police officers
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The True American Cowboy As the twentieth century approached‚ America was experiencing a time of considerable expansion. All eyes were looking for ways to make the United States a larger‚ more powerful‚ and more efficient country. Because of this wave in American society‚ there was no movement given more devotion than the settling of the West. The range-cattle industry in its various aspects‚ and in its importance to the United States and particularly to the Great Plains‚ has been a subject
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Have you ever heard of the Dallas Cowboys? Well if you have and you love them‚then you would love to read this. The Dallas Cowboys have a wonderful coach named Jason Garrett‚ and they have been in the Super Bowl 8 times‚ they were also found in 1960. Thank you Jason for teaching them. If you did not know the Cowboys used to be a college. I thought that was awesome myself. I would also like to say thank you for the football players for doing their best to play football. If you would like to know
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Elmer Kelton The Day the Cowboys Quit Texas Christian University Press‚ Forth Worth The Day the Cowboys Quit written by Elmer Kelton is an old western novel based on the events of the strike that took place at old Tascosa in the Texas Panhandle in 1883. It portraits in a very unique and interesting way the social‚ political‚ and economical changes that were taking place in the years before and after the Civil War in Texas; how the cowboys who for long had being men that in a way represented
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Subculture Cowboy Culture The word cowboy brings to mind images of the old west‚ mostly movies. Ten gallon hats‚ boots‚ spurs‚ horses‚ revolvers and of course cows. In todays society the term cowboy or cowgirl isn’t always a favorable one. It can mean ignorant‚ country‚ reckless‚ or just refer to boots and hats. Are Cowboys even still around? Not the “wanna be” hat on the weekend’s type of person‚ the genuine article. The answer may surprise you. In today’s modern world‚ cowboys aren’t just still
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The Day The Cowboys Quit The Day the Cowboys Quit is a novel written by the highly acclaimed Texas native‚ Elmer Kelton‚ in 1971. Kelton was born April 29th‚ 1926 in West Texas. Throughout the early years of his life‚ Kelton was raised on a ranch and attended college at the University of Texas to study journalism. Over a span of about fifty years‚ Kenton was hard at work delivering western novels‚ most of which are based in Texas. The novel The Day the Cowboys Quit received the Spur award in 1971
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across state or the incomprehensible size of the Dallas skyline. Visiting my aunts in Texas and living with my grandmother during the first months of my living in Ohio taught me valuable life lessons and morals that I carry with me to this day. Irving is around a 20-minute drive from Dallas and my family would often drive through it on the way to visit my Aunt Caprice. Irving was also the home of Texas Stadium‚ which was the arena where the Dallas Cowboys played in. I fondly remember my mother taking
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Cowboy Myth and Reality The myth of the American cowboys has remained prevalent over the years. Today they are still idolized in the American film industry and characterized as heroes by millions of people. The truth‚ nonetheless‚ is that most people only know the myth. The reality and the myth of the cowboy greatly differ. The origin of the cowboy myth can be traced to England. S.W. Scott‚ who was an Englishmen‚ that wrote about knights in shining armor. This was between 1810 and 1820.
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In a 3‚000-plus-word post on his blog‚ blogmaverick.com‚ Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban explained his thought process regarding the team’s massive roster overhaul since the 2011 title run and expressed confidence in the future of a franchise coming off its first non-playoff season in a dozen years. Cuban also shared the video of a two-minute‚ eight-second cartoon created by the Mavs as part of their failed recruiting pitch to Dwight Howard this summer in the blog post titled "Lets Talk Mavs
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