A Collection of Ballads vs Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads: Which Should You Read?
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A Collection of Ballads
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This is a song book. When the learned first gave serious attention to popular ballads, from the time of Percy to that of Scott, they laboured under certain disabilities. The Comparative Method was scarcely understood,…
Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads
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More than two hundred songs, some with music, whose lyrics depict life in the old West.
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The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- A Collection of Ballads is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 7 for Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads.
- Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads has the widest readership — 56 ratings behind its score.
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How to choose
Scores by source
| A Collection of Ballads | Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.2 (10) | 3.5 (56) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | — |
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Reception
| A Collection of Ballads | Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 10 | 56 |
| Editions | 47 | 68 |
| Want to read | 54 | 134 |
| Reading it now | 11 | 18 |
| Written reviews | — | 11 |
| Pages | 225 | 414 |
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Questions readers ask
Which is rated higher: A Collection of Ballads or Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads?
Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads has the higher combined reader rating across sources (Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads 3.6/5, A Collection of Ballads 3.6/5).
Which is shorter to read: A Collection of Ballads or Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads?
A Collection of Ballads is the quickest read. Estimated at 225 words per minute: A Collection of Ballads (225 pages, ≈ 4 h 10 m); Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads (414 pages, ≈ 7 h 40 m).
Which is harder to read: A Collection of Ballads or Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads?
Estimated difficulty, based on era, reader shelves and length — A Collection of Ballads: Demanding; Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads: Demanding.