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Jan 1, 2001 · 1,288 reviews. September 6, 2023. Having grown up with the wolves, Pecos Bill is able to subdue every creature he encounters from a giant rattlesnake to a desert creature that is part grizzly, part puma, part gorilla, and part tarantula. He invents cattle roping and builds up the biggest herd ever.
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Pecos Bill ( / ˈpeɪkəs / PAY-kəs) [1] is a fictional cowboy and folk hero in stories set during American westward expansion into the Southwest of Texas, New Mexico, Southern California, and Arizona. These narratives were invented as short stories in a book by Tex O'Reilly in the early 20th century and are an example of American folklore.
Sep 18, 1992 · Pecos Bill Paperback – Picture Book, September 18, 1992 by Steven Kellogg (Author), Laura Robb (Illustrator) 4.8 4.8 out of 5 stars 320 ratings
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The stories were collected in a book called "The Saga of Pecos Bill" published in nineteen twenty-three. Another writer, James Cloyd Bowman, wrote an award-winning children's book called "Pecos ...
Sep 18, 1992 · In dramatizing Pecos Bill's life story, Kellogg also conveys a sense of place, of the rugged, expansive physical beauty of the American West in pioneer days. Yellow-oranges and blues dominate the scenes, in tones that range from dust-pale to midnight blue.
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Legend of Rip Van Winkle. Growing out of the imagination of southwestern cowboys during westward expansion, Pecos Bill personifies the frontier virtues of courage, strength and humor.
Sep 18, 1992 · Pecos Bill. Steven Kellogg. Harper Collins, Sep 18, 1992 - Juvenile Fiction - 48 pages. "The anecdotes associated with Texas's fabled cowboy hero burst from the pages in rapid succession,...
