Barbed wire
Subtitle: the fence that changed the West
By: Joanne S. Liu.
Publisher: Mountain Press Pub. Co.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Missoula, Mont
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780878425570
Subjects: Barbed wire -- Social aspects -- West (U.S.) -- History; Barbed wire -- Political aspects -- West (U.S.) -- History; Wire fencing -- West (U.S.) -- History; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.); Ranch life -- West (U.S.) -- History; Social conflict -- West (U.S.) -- History; West (U.S.) -- History; West (U.S.) -- Social conditions; West (U.S.) -- Race relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Wide open range; title: In the wake of war; title: Land up for grabs; title: Sticks and stones; title: A twist of the wire; title: Light as air, stronger than whiskey, cheap as dirt; title: The devil's rope; title: The fence cutting wars; title: Moonshine wire; title: Railroad advances; title: The big die-up; title: Cattleman settle down; title: Native lands corralled; title: Fencing free-for-all; title: The new face of the West; title: Appendix A: Sites of interest; title: Chronology; title: Glossary.