Mule-Skinners, The

DESCRIPTION: "In readin' the story of early days, it's a cause of much personal pain" that writers ignore "us in charge of the wagon train." They work and endure harsh conditions just like cowboys, "So why in the name of all that's fair can't we figger in history?"
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1921 (Thorp/Logsdon-SongsOfTheCowboys)
KEYWORDS: hardtimes travel
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Thorp/Logsdon-SongsOfTheCowboys, pp. 101-102, "The Mule-Skinners" (1 text)
File: ThLo101

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