The cattlemen
Subtitle: from the Rio Grande across the far Marias
By: Mari Sandoz ; introduction to the Bison Books edition by Ron Hull.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 527
ISBN-13: 9780803229839
Subjects: Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.); Ranch life -- West (U.S.) -- History; Pioneers -- West (U.S.) -- History; Ranchers -- West (U.S.) -- History; Cattle trade -- West (U.S.) -- History; West (U.S.) -- History -- 1860-1890; West (U.S.) -- History -- 1890-1945; West (U.S.) -- History -- 1945-; West (U.S.) -- Social life and customs
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: bk. 1. The reluctant immigrant; title: First cow upon the Plains; title: Noble ancestry; title: The cow walks again; title: bk. 2. Individual ranch spreads; title: Some dedicated men; title: Pulling for new grass; title: The moving trails; title: The Indian summer of old Dodge; title: Deepening dedication; title: bk. 3. Organizations, corporations, and buggy bosses; title: Disciples under the oak and the cottonwood; title: The bonanza; title: The big die-ups; title: The national trail; title: Of the giants : the XIT; title: bk. 4. Private empire; title: The threat; title: Stetsoned crusaders; title: Scattered to the winds; title: Cow horse and betting blood; title: Kings of the fenced range; title: bk. 5. Beef factories and festivals; title: New breed; title: Ritual and restoration.