Author: Erwin A Thompson
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595402283
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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This is from the author's note for Cattle Country-the first novelette of the three. There are many things here that can be found in nearly any Western; for it is not a calm book. But I hope you will feel: The courage of John Wade as he tries to fill a job that he knows is far too big for him; The strain of the decision Wells has to make of whether to get out of town safely himself or help the sheriff who will probably arrest him when the shooting is over; The sting of Wade's words as he tells Jim Halleran, "I'd like to think you were still a man I could be proud to know;" The frustration of Katherine Wade as she stamps her foot on the floor of the sheriff's office and says, "Damn Cowards;" The bigness of Henry Ashburn as he gives Bob Darlington a hand in a fight that does not concern him at all. This is Cattle Country! "I grew up in times and places much like Erwin Thompson paints in Cattle Country, Back Trail, and The Invincible Three. Although those times are gone, Thompson's well-written voice rings true with the memory and flavor of a world that should not be lost." -Jim Lyle, author of Things Seen in the Dessert
Author: Ridgwell Cullum
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Montana
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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Author: Andy Adams
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292792360
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 329
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This sparkling collection of tales told around Western campfires, written by the master chronicler of the range, is a literary find of great interest and genuine importance. Andy Adams is remembered chiefly as the author of The Log of a Cowboy. Among the most charming features of the Log are the stories the cowhands told around the fires at night when the day's work was done. Similar and equally delightful stories are scattered throughout several other less successful novels, long out of print, while others that never saw publication were found by the editor among Adams' papers. In the present book, Wilson M. Hudson has gathered together these tales of the trail and camp into one volume that surely will delight the hearts of all readers who are interested in the old West.
Author: Ridgwell Cullum
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781522933304
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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THE ONE WAY TRAIL A STORY OF THE CATTLE COUNTRY"... And the One-Way Trail is just the trail of Life. It's chock full of pitfalls and stumbling blocks that make us cuss like mad. But it's good for us to walk over it. There are no turnings or bye-paths, and no turning back. And maybe when we get to the end something will have been achieved in His scheme of things that our silly brains can't grasp...."RIDGWELL CULLUMRidgwell Cullum (pseudonym of Sidney Groves Burghard) (13 August 1867 - 3 November 1943) was a British writer who wrote a large number of adventure novels over more than 30 years, usually set in sparsely populated regions of the USA or Canada.He left home aged 17 to join a gold rush in the Transvaal in South Africa, where he became involved in the conflict between British and Boer settlers; he travelled to the scene of another gold rush in Yukon in north-west Canada; he spent a few years cattle-ranching in Montana, USA.His first novel The Devil's Keg, set in Alberta, Canada, was published in 1903. After its success he settled in Britain and became a full-time writer. Several of his novels were made into films.
Author: Margaret Moran
Publisher: Benchmark Education Company
ISBN: 1450906877
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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Would you have enjoyed being a cattle rancher during the 1860s? How about a cowhand? Perhaps you'll find the answer in this book as you read about the history of the early cattle trails and the day-to-day life of a cowhand. Lasting only 28 years, the golden age of cattle drives remains one of the most exciting and adventurous chapters in the history of the United States!
Author: Bernice Ende
Publisher: Farcountry Press
ISBN: 1560377453
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 270
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Riding 2,000 miles on horseback from Montana to New Mexico sounds like a crazy but thrilling dream or pure hardship and exhaustion. According to Bernice Ende, the trip was all that and more. Since swinging her leg over the saddle for that first long ride in 2005 (at the age of 50), Ende has logged more than 29,000 miles in the saddle, crisscrossing North America on horseback - alone. More than once she has traversed the Great Plains, the Southwest deserts, the Cascade Range, and the Rocky Mountains. Along the way, she discovered a sense of community and love of place that unites people wherever they live. From 2014-2016, she was the first person to ride coast to coast and back again in one trek, winning acclaim from the international Long Riders' Guild and awe from the people she met along the way. Bernice Ende's memoirs are illuminated by accompanying maps of her routes and photos from her journeys, capturing the instant friends she meets along the way, and her ongoing encounters with harsh weather, wildlife, hard work, mosquitoes, tricky route-finding, and the occasional worn out horseshoe. Ende reveals her inner struggles and triumphs - testing the limits of physical and mental stamina, coping with inescapable solitude, and the rewards of living life her own way, as she says, "in her own skin." Saddle up and come along for the journey of a lifetime.
Author: Terri Mashour
Publisher: Wild Florida
ISBN: 9780813054544
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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"A revelation for hikers. Mashour knows the backcountry of Florida like few others."-Robert Silk, author of An Ecotourist's Guide to the Everglades and the Florida Keys "Provides detailed trail directions, a descriptive sense of each ecosystem, and don't-miss highlights."-Michal Strutin, author of Florida State Parks: A Complete Recreation Guide Experience wild Florida with this guide to 100 off-the-grid hikes from every corner of the state. Florida's five water management districts encompass millions of acres of public property that include thousands of miles of public trails. Terri Mashour explains where to find these little-known routes, which ecosystems they feature, and how to plan your perfect outdoor adventure. Mashour describes the hidden wonders hikers will discover in each district. Northwest Florida offers views of sandhills, clear and cold springs, and river bluffs. The Suwannee River area is crisscrossed with meandering creeks. In the St. Johns River watershed, conservation lands include large cattle ranches, lakeshores, and levee restoration projects. In Southwest Florida, manatees swim up rivers from the Gulf of Mexico. And the South Florida district is home to water treatment areas, pine flatwoods, and the mangrove islands of the Everglades. Whether you are a hiker, trail runner, off-road bicyclist, or equestrian, this guidebook will help you locate and enjoy wide expanses of pristine nature not far from your own backyard. A volume in the series Wild Florida, edited by M. Timothy O'Keefe
Author: N. Peterson
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595293425
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 76
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Ballard Watkins ran cattle and minded his own business, but he cut for sign when he found his neighbor shot down. The big outfit next door moved in on the dead man's range, leading Watkins and others to wonder whether it might be behind the killing. Watkins had his own problems with the TK outfit, but came to doubt that they hired a man-killer to clear the range. As other deaths followed, Watkins wondered whether the source of the trouble was a past shared by some of his neighbors-but not all of them.
Author: Paul E. Young
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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In his book, Mr. Young remembers herding cattle and meeting up with old outlaws of the Wild Bunch on the Castle Dale range in Utah; riding roundups when the Yellowstone River country was all open range; having a tooth pulled by a dentist who put a kneeagainst his shoulder for purchase. He remembers turning strangers into friends, and he remembers their names, from Cass Hite, hiding out in the canyons, who helped him swim six horses across the Colorado River, to Jack Moran, the old-time rancher who collected the bets when the youthful Mr. Young beat Jack Dempsey at wrestling out behind a bar in Price, Utah. He remembers the bets he won riding outlaw mustangs; he recounts rodeo experiences and organizing a quarter-horse polo association, too, in Terry, Montana. Few people living today knew the era of the open range and the men and women who occupied its vast spaces. Rarer still is the articulate person like Paul Young who can--vividly, authentically, and in frank good humor--recall those days for the rest of us.
Author: Hubert Edwin Collins
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arapaho Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 330
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