Cowboy Gear : A Photographic Portrayal of the Early Cowboys and Their Equipment

Cowboy Gear grew out of The Idaho Cowboy. The last series of pictures in The Idaho Cowboy were of Raymond Jayo wearing some cuffs and a kidney belt from my collection. When the photos came back, they were so beautiful that I decided to do an entire book on cowboy gear. I also had a yearning to know more about the whole culture of western cowboys. So I got together the most authentic, pre-1920's gear I could find, and put it on some cowboys and their horses in all types of weather, and I photographed them. This was the first time this gear had ever been photographed outdoors, in color. We created a book that tells the history of the culture, as well as the gear. I pooled together many sources and we ended up with a book that has become the authority on the subject, used by museums, collectors, and Hollywood producers as a reference book. This is a fantastic book, perfect for your coffeetable.Stoecklein, David R. is the author of 'Cowboy Gear : A Photographic Portrayal of the Early Cowboys and Their Equipment', published 1995 under ISBN 9780922029051 and ISBN 0922029059.