{"product_id":"the-long-ride-home-black-cowboys-in-america-hardcover","title":"The Long Ride Home: Black Cowboys in America - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRon Tarver\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eArthur T. Burton\u003c\/b\u003e (With)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA book about the Black cowboy in contemporary America unlike any other!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Long Ride Home: Black Cowboys in America \u003c\/i\u003eis among the first books to tell the story of the Black cowboy experience in contemporary America. Although Black cowboys have been a fixture on the American landscape since the nineteenth century, few people are aware of their enduring contributions to the history of the West and how their unique culture continues to thrive in urban as well as rural areas all over the country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003efeatures Ron Tarver's beautiful, compelling, and often surprising contemporary images of African-American cowboys that not only convey the Black cowboy's way of life and its rich heritage, but also affirm a thriving culture of Black-owned ranches and rodeo operations, parades, inner-city cowboys, retired cowhands, and Black cowgirls of all ages, too. Tarver, who comes from a family of Black cowboys in Oklahoma, uses his artistry to question, if not upend, long-held notions of what it means to be a cowboy and, with that, what it means to be an American.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Long Ride Home\u003c\/i\u003e couldn't be more timely, coming on the heels of Beyonce's hit album, \u003ci\u003eCowboy Carter \u003c\/i\u003e(2024), and films such as Lil Nas X's hit time-travel Western, \u003ci\u003eOld Town Road \u003c\/i\u003e(2019)\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eIdris Elba's \u003ci\u003eConcrete Cowboy \u003c\/i\u003e(2021). The latter was based on Greg Neri's book, \u003ci\u003eGhetto Cowboy \u003c\/i\u003e(2013), about Philadelphia's contemporary African-American cowboy culture. Many of Tarver's images were made in some of the same Philadelphia neighborhoods.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to Tarver's photographs, \u003ci\u003eThe Long Ride Home\u003c\/i\u003e includes an essay by Art T. Burton, an expert on the history of Black cowboys. This book is both a tribute to and a celebration of the Black cowboy in America, providing an invaluable and unique perspective on American history and culture as well as the Black experience in America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 160\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9.76 x 11.81 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42152314273927,"sku":"9781960521026","price":59.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/457963b03d5d02013abe40d2565cfa6b.webp?v=1733213422","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-long-ride-home-black-cowboys-in-america-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}