Pecos Bill and His Love Slue-Foot Sue
Pecos Bill, Classic figure in American Tall Tales and the "Greatest Cowboy of 'em all". He was said to have lived in the 20th century, and been a highly important figure in, the taming of the Western frontier. Pecos Bill embodied idealised cowboy virtues in a series of superhuman feats. He is said to have been raised by coyotes near the Pecos River after falling from a wagon as a baby. On his return to humanity he invented the lasso, tamed and rode a cyclone, used a rattlesnake as a whip, could rope an entire herd at one go, used the entire Rio Grande to water his ranch, and performed other similar feats. He rode a horse called Lightning (known also as Widow-maker) and dated a girl called Slue-Foot Sue. Slue-Foot Sue was the love of his life, who he would later have to shoot. Sue insisted on riding Widow-maker (and was allowed to) sometime after her wedding to Pecos Bill. Widow-Maker threw Sue and due to the hooped dress she was wearing she began to bounce (so high that she hit her head on the moon). After Slue-Foot Sue had been bouncing for days, Pecos-Bill realized that she would starve to death, so he put her out of her misery by shooting her. Though it is said that Bill was married many times, he never did recover from the loss of Sue. The stories were written by Edward O'Reilly in the Saga of Pecos Bill, published in 1923.
	Slue-foot Sue Now, Pecos Bill had a way with women. No doubt. He had dozens of wives during his time. But his one true love according to most tall tales was Slue-foot Sue. She was his first wife - and she could ride almost as good as Bill himself. Bill first saw Slue-foot Sue ridin' a catfish down the Rio Grande. She was riding standing up and holdin' on with only one hand sose she could take pot-shots at the clouds with her six-shooter. Was making a right pretty pattern too. Bill jest went head over heels for her. Proposed on the spot. They was married the next day too. Sue was dressed in one of them white jobs with the large hoops. Looked plumb beautiful. Right after they was married, Sue insisted Bill prove how much he loved her by letting her ride his horse, Widow-maker. Bill couldn't talk her out of it, so Sue climbed on that great devil of a horse. Well, Widow-Maker bucked like a maniac, jest as you'd expect. Sue was thrown off - clear up to the clouds. Luckily, Sue was still wearing her springy hoop. When she hit the ground, she bounced up again. But we all soon realized Sue couldn't stop bouncing. She bounced so high she kept hitting her head on the moon. She was crying and crying buckets of tears, and throwin' kisses to her new husband. But even he couldn't stop her bouncing. We waited three days and four nights. Finally, even Bill realized that she was gonna starve to death before she stopped bouncing, so he had to shoot her. It was a cryin' shame. Well, time heals wounds, and Bill finally got married again. And again. And again. But as the american tall tale goes, he never felt the same about another woman as he felt for his first wife, Slue-foot Sue.
Pecos Bill Much-loved stories are retold as easy readers in this fun, exciting series of tall tales. Pecos Bill and Slewfoot Sue Pecos Bill and Slewfoot Sue	Alias Pecos Bill Alias Pecos Bill starts out in the modern west of a Montana winter. After working at breaking colts during the day, Catus Thompson tells the story of his great, great grandfather. Each night is a different adventure with a cliffhanger in almost all of them.Catus's ancestor is Bill Thompson. Bill Thompson is supposedly the inspiration for the character of Pecos Bill. Bill and his gang do everything from robbing banks to gun fighting and racing horses.The story not only tells the tale of the modern cowboy, but of the cowboy a hundred years ago, a time when the west was really wild. An original poem is included with the novel that I hope you will also enjoy.