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The Cowboy and the Cossack Hardcover – June 1 1992

by Clair Huffaker (Author)

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English
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Buccaneer Books
Publication date

June 1 1992
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15.24 x 2.54 x 22.86 cm
ISBN-10

0899668747
ISBN-13

978-0899668741
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Buccaneer Books (June 1 1992)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0899668747
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0899668741
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 567 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.24 x 2.54 x 22.86 cm

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Nancy Pearl
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From Nancy: My lust for books and reading began when I was a very young child, and has continued unabated for lo, these many many years. Every time I open a new book to read, it's like embarking on a voyage to an unexplored place that just might be filled with wonder and excitement.
The books I love most tend to have three-dimensional characters and be very well-written (although that definition is fluid). I read everything - mysteries, non-fiction (especially history, memoirs, and current events), literary fiction, science fiction and fantasy, andchildren's books (lots and lots, for my upcoming book, Book Crush), and anything else that looks interesting. I love first novels.
More About Nancy: Nancy Pearl is a librarian and lifelong reader. She regularly comments on books on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition. Among her many awards and honors are the 2011 Librarian of the Year Award from Library Journal; the 2011 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association; the 2010 Margaret E. Monroe Award from the Reference and Users Services Association of the American Library Association; and the 2004 Women's National Book Association Award, given to "a living American woman who …has done meritorious work in the world of books beyond the duties or responsibilities of her profession or occupation."
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Clair Huffaker
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Clair Huffaker was a legendary western screenwriter and author. His screenplays include The Comancheros, Hellfighters, and War Wagon starring John Wayne, along with Flaming Star, Seven Ways from Sundown, Rio Conchos, and Posse from Hell. Huffaker also wrote for TV western series such as Bonanza, The Rifleman, The Virginian, and Rawhide. Many of his movies were based on his bestselling books. Huffaker was a cowboy, a champion boxer, a part-time smuggler, and a writer for Time, Inc. in New York. He served in the Navy in World War II, studied in Europe, and eventually returned to the US where he began his career as a freelance writer. He wrote short stories, screenplays, and novels at his home in Los Angeles, which was a gathering place for actors, stuntmen, directors, and writers who could regularly be found there shooting pool, playing poker, and exchanging tall tales.
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Nan G. Wood

Thanks to Nancy Pearl!!!

Reviewed in Canada on April 1, 2019

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This book is not a genre Western. It just happens to have cowboys it it. I read ' The Cowboy and the Cossack" in 1975 and LOVED it, and so did everyone I recommended it to. Thanks to that amazing Seattle librarian, Nancy Pearl, we now have it back in print. And I'm happy to report that it is a 5-Star book in 2019, just as it was 5 Stars in 1975. A pleasure!

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Alison L.

The Cowboy and the Cossack - What a great story!

Reviewed in Canada on November 24, 2014

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I read this book years ago, at my father's urging. I loved it!!
I was scanning some titles recently, spotted The Cowboy and the Cossack, and just had to purchase the book, as I hadn't seen it in years.
I was not disappointed. I was as good a story as I remembered it to be. I will read it again and again, enjoying the laughter and tears.

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D. Rolland

Good in 1975 and Good in 2019

Reviewed in Canada on December 26, 2019

I borrowed this book from a friend when I was in university and really enjoyed reading it. When I recently saw it on Amazon, I bought it, wondering if it would be as good as I remembered. It was! Once again I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. The story line is excellent and the writer skillfully takes the reader on a cattle drive across Russia on an epic adventure that intermingles two cultures. Well worth the read.

Reviewed in Canada on April 9, 2017

This book was Fast paced,hilarious,emotional,the best cowboy book I've read in a long while.It Should be made into a movie.

Reviewed in Canada on June 30, 2002

Forget that "The Cowboy and the Cossack" is a "Western" novel -- it is a wonderful novel that happens to fall in that genre, that's all. I almost typed "a wonderful novel that happens to take place in the Old West" but that wouldn't be accurate. "The Cowboy and the Cossack" actually takes place in the Old East -- Siberia, to be exact -- where a group of Montana cowboys have come with a herd of Texas longhorns to be driven thousand of miles across this alien landscape. The characters are beautifully and subtly drawn, and the action and the setting are done with equal skill. The plot is exciting and the relationships between the characters are moving. This one belongs on a bookshelf right next to "Lonesome Dove" and, coming from me, that is high praise. I read a borrowed paperback and, so much did I like this novel, that I have now ordered my own copy for future re-reading. If you don't care for "Westerns", try it anyway (neither of the two women who recommended it to me like "Westerns" either, but they both loved this novel). And if you do like the genre, then I suspect this one will move on to your list of all-time favorites.

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J Bennett

My Ultimate Favorite Western

Reviewed in Canada on March 15, 2004

I just finished reading "The Cowboy and the Cossack" for the umpteenth time. My twin and I read this book years ago and we loved it! However, over the years we lost our copy, so, I bought her one as a surprise Christmas gift. Boy, was she thrilled! We've been reading it over and over. The story and characters are truly awesome! You must read it. It is a jewel!

Reviewed in Canada on June 7, 2000

Smart storyline, I have to agree with the other reviewers that this book is a terrific read. My well worn paperback has also come apart at the seams as well, I have just reread the book and some of the pages were missing. I am purchasing this copy from Amazon for my brother as a birthday present, hopefully he will let me borrow it. I think that it is very unfortunate that some of the language is too strong for young readers, this adventure really stirs the imagination.......

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Jylene Livengood

Wonderful book - one of the must haves for anyone

Reviewed in Canada on March 20, 1999

I'm not a western reader and never have been, but I first picked up this book in high school and have loved it ever since. I have lured friends and family to read it, to their surprised delight. By turns hilarious, exciting, touching and beautiful, this book is simply a joy to read. I own two copies at any one time because one is always out on loan.

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R. A. Miller

Why isn't this a movie??

Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2023

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I'd never read a Western before. I don't particularly like Western movies. After reading this book I've had to rethink my stance. Extremely well written story filled with likeable characters. I couldn't recommend it more.

The Elite Book Group

Beautiful story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 19, 2013

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The Cowboy and the Cossack - Clair Huffaker

I think I must start my review by thanking Nancy Pearl for the brilliant idea of doing Book Lust Rediscoveries, how else would I have ever come across this glorious epic journey across Russia.

I was brought up on "cowboy yarns" as my dad used to call them. Think they were amongst the first books I ever read. So discovering this on Kindle and having read LONESOME DOVE (Larry McMurtry) a couple of months back, I feel like I've gone back to a very special time of my life.

The story is told through the memories and diaries of Levi Dougherty aged about nineteen when he left Montana with Shad Northshield and thirteen other cowhands for the long and often treacherous journey to deliver five hundred and thirty six Montana Longhorns to Bakaskaya. Their first stumbling block is trying to disembark at Vladisvostok, that is until Captain Rostov and his sixteen Kuban-Siberian Cossacks arrive and announce that they are there to help escort them and the cattle to their destination.

There is so much rolled into this book of 384 pages: Deep friendships regardless of language or colour barriers; fearsome Tartar warriors; coping with the deaths of special friends; first love and wisdom that can only be gained from riding for days at a time through open countryside.

And finally after copious notes throughout the book I think this captured Levi's thoughts on life (they've delivered the cattle and are now heading back to America):

"So, all in all, it was agreed that we'd just keep heading more or less west. Thinking about it for the first time, that struck me as a funny kind of a thing. A fella leaves home and he doesn't necessarily ever have to turn around and retrace his steps to go back. If he goes in one straight line far enough, why there he'll be one day right smack back home. If a man anyplace in the world holds up two fingers, then they're as close together as, say, two fingers. But if you move outward from one finger and keep going that way, then the most faraway thing in the world, finally, is that other finger that's been right next to it all the time."

Definitely a book I'll be reading again and to quote Markus Zusak, "Sometimes you read a book so special that you want to carry it around with you for months after you've finished, just to stay near it" - there are several already on the list and The Cowboy and The Cossack can happily join my other all time favourites

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Leseliebling

Bewegendes und überraschendes Buch

Reviewed in Germany on May 1, 2013

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Ich habe dieses Buch gelesen, weil es so viele andere Leser positive Bewertungen abgegeben haben. Western sind normalerweise nicht meine Sache, aber das Buch hat mich sofort in seinen Bann gezogen. Es ist sehr überraschend und sehr gefühlvoll. Die Begegnungen zwischen Cowboys und Kosaken waren berührend. Zwei Kulturen, die sich mit dem gemeinsamen Ziel und durch gemeinsames Überwinden von extremen Schwierigkeiten immer näher kommen aus der Sicht eines jungen Mannes. Die Story ist selbst war so spannend, dass ich das Buch an zwei Tagen fertig gelesen habe.

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kb

Loved it. My husband read this book

Reviewed in Australia on February 6, 2015

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Loved it. My husband read this book, and couldn't stop telling me every page as he read. He thought it was one of the best books he has read
recently. It did sound very good, I still may read it a bit later.

Chad Holt

A Fantastic Read

Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2023

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This was a very well written story. The author definitely has a good grasp of the subject matter which can be hard to come by in modern westerns. I have recommended this book to all my friends who are readers. I’d recommend it to anyone who loves a good story.

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