For the season of harvest and abundance, I've collected a cornucopia of cowboys for you. Over at My Overstuffed Bookshelf , we've been discussing our favorite movie and TV cowboys, and right now, there's a clear winner: Little Joe of Bonanza, also known as Michael Landon. Another clear favorite is Roy Rogers, though I don't see him as a romantic hero. I always figured he was taken, what with Dale and Trigger and all! And then there's Rowdy Yates, the role that started Clint Eastwood on the path to cowboy stardom. Before Clint became the steely-eyed, raspy-voiced Man with No Name, he was a handsome young heartthrob in the TV series Rawhide. It surprised me that so many romance readers chose what I call the "cozy" cowboys - the good guys with more honey than vinegar in their personalities. After all, don't readers like alpha heroes? The tough guys? Maybe not. I think that softer side is one big reason for the popularity of cowboy heroes. A cowboy's ...
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