Hardcover book has brown cover with gold lettering "THE COWGIRLS/ by / Joyce Gibson Roach." The book jacket is off white paper with a black and white photograph of a cowgirl standing beside a horse. "THE / COWGIRLS / by / Joyce Gibson Roach" is printed at the top. In the bottom left corder is printed "Introduction by: / Dr. C.L. Sonnichsen" and in the bottom right corner "A Horseman Book." The back cover of the book jacket has a photograph of Joyce Gibson Roach and a short biography.