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The Last Cowboy: Europeans and The Politics of Memory

Jane Kramer

Portrays the life of a man who strives to be "a proper cowboy" despite radical changes which have propelled the Old West into a New Southwest characterized by industrialized agribusiness.

BiographyBiography · high confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyOpen Library: Biography -> BiographyOpen Library: Texas, biography -> BiographyMilitary BiographyEurope & RussiaDeath, Memory & Commemoration

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Award for General Nonfiction PaperbackMajor1981WinnerSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

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  2. 02 Central places

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  3. 03 Suggested argument

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  4. 04 Reading orientation

    30 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 22%.