The Long Ride Home: Black Cowboys in America

2024
Hardcover
11" x 9 1/2"
160 pages, 103 images
George F. Thompson Publishing

Essay by Art T. Burton

The Long Ride Home: Black Cowboys in America features Tarver’s compelling and often surprising contemporary images of African-American cowboys. His images convey the Black cowboy’s way of life and its rich heritage and affirm a thriving culture of Black-owned ranches and rodeo operations, parades, inner-city cowboys, retired cowhands, and Black cowgirls of all ages. Tarver questions long-held notions of what it means to be a cowboy and, with that, what it means to be an American.

The Long Ride Home: Black Cowboys in America is the recipient of numerous awards, including Foreword's 2024 INDIES Silver Medal for Best Book of Photography; the 2025 Gold IPPY Award for Photography; the 2025 Next Generation Indie Book Award Winner for Best Book in the African American (Nonfiction) category and Best Cover Design, as well as finalist recognition in the Coffee Table and Photography category; and a place on the 2025 Lucie Photo Book Prize shortlist in the Single Artist/Publisher category.

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Available Editions: 

Standard Edition - $55

Special Edition - $500
Includes one 9 1/2" x 11" print of Worn Felt Hat, 1994 (cover image)

Special Edition with choice of one print - $2,500
Includes one 26" x 17" print in an edition of 25: Legends, Philadelphia, PA, 1993 or Sunflower Trail Ride, Brackettville to San Antonio TX, 1994

Special Edition with two prints - $5,000
Includes two 26" x 17" prints in editions of 25: Legends, Philadelphia, PA, 1993 and Sunflower Trail Ride, Brackettville to San Antonio TX, 1994