Book Description
Since the publication of THE COWBOY BOOT in 1992, the art of the boot has risen unbelievably. The art is what this book is all about. Some of what is new in boots has never been seen before. We are in the platinum age of boot making. Long live the cowboy boot and its makers.


From the Inside Flap
What is it with cowboy boots that makes millions of people all over the world feel at home in a pair? With enduring allure, the boot is one of the great enigmas of modern society. Now, more than a hundred and fifty years after cowboys roped the ranges and galloped through the tall grass and sagebrush, we're simply enamored with what they wore on their feet. Plain brown and black boots are still the mainstay of cowboy boot making, but the eye-poppin', snake-stompin', spine-chillin' designs created by individual artists are the ones that capture our hearts and imaginations. Since the publications of The Cowboy Boot Book in 1992, the number of bootmakers across the country has nearly doubled, waiting lists have compounded, and the art of the boot has risen to mind-blowing proportions. The men and women who create our fancy footwear are both fascinating and funny. Their tales and artworks exhibited here are testament to the high-minded dedication of a down-to-earth contingent of craftspeople. Tyler Beard and Jim Arndt have created an incredible gathering that will leave your toes twitchin' and your dogs barkin' for a new pair of boots.


From the Back Cover
Celebrating handcrafted cowboy boots--a multicolored confetti of leather, a tattoo for the soul.


Excerpted from Art of the Boot by Tyler Beard, Jim Arndt. Copyright © 1999. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
A Cowboy Boot Biography Cowboy boots can be a narcotic for the neophyte cowboy wanna-be. Boots from the dawn of high-heeled footwear have always evoked a certain sensual connotation that extends to sexuality. The beauty of cowboy boots is that they are genderless. They can be worn by anyone, with anything, for any occassion--or "with nothing at all." . . . And so this love affair with the "soul" of the American cowboy, forever ingrained in our hearts, continues into the twenty-first century.

FROM THE PUBLISHER