Educational Lecture
July 6, 2010
“A Fast Ride with America’s Cowboys”
By Author, Richard Slatta
On Friday, July 23rd at 1:30pm Richard W. Slatta, son of resident Amy slatta, is an author and professor of history at North Carolina State university in Raleigh, and will speak at Cornell Estates. His illustrated lecture, titled “Fast Ride with America’s Cowboys,” examines the cowboy in history and popular culture from the 19th century through the present.
The audience will see the cowboy at work and play and explore the dangers and challenges that he faced. The lecture features historical photographs as well as paintings by Charlie Russell, Frederic Remington, and others.
