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Art of the Boot
By Tyler Beard
Gibbs Smith, $39.95
ISBN 0879059192

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REVIEW BY KATHERINE H. WYRICK

What is it about cowboy boots that makes you want to slip on a pair? What is it about them that makes you walk with a certain swagger, exude a certain joie de vivre? Art of the Boot, by Tyler Beard with photographs by Jim Arndt, explores the mystique of this fanciful and functional footwear. It's a tribute to "hide art" that makes for one heck of a foot-stompin' good time.