“Out where the handclasp’s a little stronger,
Out where the smile dwells a little longer,
That’s where the West begins.”

— Arthur Chapman (poet)

Out Where the West Begins http://www.cowboypoetry.com/ac.htm#OUT, st. 1.
Out Where the West Begins and Other Western Verses http://www.cowboypoetry.com/ac.htm#outbk (1917)

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American poet and newspaper columnist 1873–1935

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