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Pecos Bill : the greatest cowboy of all time /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bowman, James Cloyd, 1880-1961
Other Authors: Bannon, Laura (Illustrator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New York Review of Books, [2007?]
Series:New York Review children's collection.
Subjects:
Pecos Bill (Legendary character) > Legends.
Folklore > United States.
Tall tales.
Online Access:Contributor biographical information
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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.