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Author_Nancy Bo Flood
Badger Clark
Black Hills
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Cowboy Poetry
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Illustrated Children's Literature
Poetry
South Dakota
Product details
- ISBN 9781941813621
- Dimensions: 229 x 279mm
- Publication Date: 31 May 2026
- Publisher: South Dakota State Historical Society
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Badger Clark (1883–1957), South Dakota’s first poet laureate, is best known for his “A Cowboy’s Prayer,” erroneously attributed to Anonymous and a mainstay at rodeos across the United States. After spending much of his childhood in Deadwood, SD, Badger escaped a harrowing experience in Cuba and then found his vocation as a cowboy and a poet in Arizona. He had a way of expressing that smooth, rolling, clip-clop rhythm of horse and rider.
Flood describes Badger’s poetry as “Shakespeare meets Walt Whitman during a cattle drive.” Badger Clark’s legacy as a bard of the American West endures. For over one hundred years, Badger Clark’s poems have been sung and celebrated at poetry gatherings, rodeos, and many a cowboy’s final farewell. His plain and simple verses spoke of his love for the land and a deep appreciation for a life lived close to nature. Badger Clark: Poetry Wrangler tells the story of this iconic Western writer and celebrates his enduring poetry.
Flood describes Badger’s poetry as “Shakespeare meets Walt Whitman during a cattle drive.” Badger Clark’s legacy as a bard of the American West endures. For over one hundred years, Badger Clark’s poems have been sung and celebrated at poetry gatherings, rodeos, and many a cowboy’s final farewell. His plain and simple verses spoke of his love for the land and a deep appreciation for a life lived close to nature. Badger Clark: Poetry Wrangler tells the story of this iconic Western writer and celebrates his enduring poetry.
Nancy Bo Flood’s work has focused on children and young adults as a counselor, teacher, parent, and an author. During the past twenty years, Nancy has lived on the Navajo Nation, working with teachers to develop relevant curriculum and guiding and encouraging students to write their own stories. Her books have won numerous awards: The Navajo Year, Walk Through Many Seasons (Arizona Book of the Year); Warriors in the Crossfire (Colorado Book of the Year); Cowboy Up! Ride the Navajo Rodeo (New Mexico-Arizona Book of the Year, Junior Library Guild Selection), and Soldier Sister, Fly Home (Junior Library Guild Selection).
