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Cowboy Poetry

Meridian explores one of the great icons of the modern world - the cowboy

Meridian explores one of the great icons of the modern world - the cowboy - at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Nevada.

"In our experience, we found that language was something really important to cowboys, yet the stereotype was this sort of laconic character that said 'yes m'am' and 'no' and 'howdy'." Hal Cannon, founding director.

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28 minutes

91热爆 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project