The ranchers
By: by the editors of Time-Life Books ; with text by Ogden Tanner.
Contributors: Tanner, Ogden.
Series: The Old West
Publisher: Time-Life Books; Time-Life, Incorporated
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Alexandria, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
Subjects: Ranch life -- West (U.S.) -- History.; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.); Ranch life.; Frontier and pioneer life.; West (U.S.) -- History.; West (U.S.) -- History.
Description: Describes in text and illustrations the development of large ranches in the western plains, the impact of these establishments on the economy of the area, their organization, and some famous ranches and their owners.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 236-237.
Includes index.
Table of contents: label: 1
title: A life carved out of the Plains
pagenum: 6; label: 2
title: Battling the odds and the elements
pagenum: 52; label: 3
title: A wave of woollybacks
pagenum: 84; label: 4
title: War over land and water
pagenum: 112; label: 5
title: Bluebloods and big money in the Badlands
pagenum: 152; label: 6
title: "Behold our ditches!"
pagenum: 188; title: Credits
pagenum: 234; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: 235; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 236; title: Index
pagenum: 238