Author: Peggy Mercer
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9781593541293
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Ten cows that are sisters ride a truck from Lonesome Cow, Georgia, to El Paso, Texas, in search of stardom.
Ten Cows To Texas
Author: Peggy Mercer
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9781593541293
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Ten cows that are sisters ride a truck from Lonesome Cow, Georgia, to El Paso, Texas, in search of stardom.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9781593541293
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Ten cows that are sisters ride a truck from Lonesome Cow, Georgia, to El Paso, Texas, in search of stardom.
Up the Trail
Author: Tim Lehman
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421425912
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
How did cattle drives come about—and why did the cowboy become an iconic American hero? Cattle drives were the largest, longest, and ultimately the last of the great forced animal migrations in human history. Spilling out of Texas, they spread longhorns, cowboys, and the culture that roped the two together throughout the American West. In cities like Abilene, Dodge City, and Wichita, buyers paid off ranchers, ranchers paid off wranglers, and railroad lines took the cattle east to the packing plants of St. Louis and Chicago. The cattle drives of our imagination are filled with colorful cowboys prodding and coaxing a line of bellowing animals along a dusty path through the wilderness. These sturdy cowhands always triumph over stampedes, swollen rivers, and bloodthirsty Indians to deliver their mighty-horned companions to market—but Tim Lehman’s Up the Trail reveals that the gritty reality was vastly different. Far from being rugged individualists, the actual cow herders were itinerant laborers—a proletariat on horseback who connected cattle from the remote prairies of Texas with the nation’s industrial slaughterhouses. Lehman demystifies the cowboy life by describing the origins of the cattle drive and the extensive planning, complicated logistics, great skill, and good luck essential to getting the cows to market. He reveals how drives figured into the larger story of postwar economic development and traces the complex effects the cattle business had on the environment. He also explores how the premodern cowboy became a national hero who personified the manly virtues of rugged individualism and personal independence. Grounded in primary sources, this absorbing book takes advantage of recent scholarship on labor, race, gender, and the environment. The lively narrative will appeal to students of Texas and western history as well as anyone interested in cowboy culture.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 1421425912
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
How did cattle drives come about—and why did the cowboy become an iconic American hero? Cattle drives were the largest, longest, and ultimately the last of the great forced animal migrations in human history. Spilling out of Texas, they spread longhorns, cowboys, and the culture that roped the two together throughout the American West. In cities like Abilene, Dodge City, and Wichita, buyers paid off ranchers, ranchers paid off wranglers, and railroad lines took the cattle east to the packing plants of St. Louis and Chicago. The cattle drives of our imagination are filled with colorful cowboys prodding and coaxing a line of bellowing animals along a dusty path through the wilderness. These sturdy cowhands always triumph over stampedes, swollen rivers, and bloodthirsty Indians to deliver their mighty-horned companions to market—but Tim Lehman’s Up the Trail reveals that the gritty reality was vastly different. Far from being rugged individualists, the actual cow herders were itinerant laborers—a proletariat on horseback who connected cattle from the remote prairies of Texas with the nation’s industrial slaughterhouses. Lehman demystifies the cowboy life by describing the origins of the cattle drive and the extensive planning, complicated logistics, great skill, and good luck essential to getting the cows to market. He reveals how drives figured into the larger story of postwar economic development and traces the complex effects the cattle business had on the environment. He also explores how the premodern cowboy became a national hero who personified the manly virtues of rugged individualism and personal independence. Grounded in primary sources, this absorbing book takes advantage of recent scholarship on labor, race, gender, and the environment. The lively narrative will appeal to students of Texas and western history as well as anyone interested in cowboy culture.
The Cattleman
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Category : Livestock
Languages : en
Pages : 2120
Book Description
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Category : Livestock
Languages : en
Pages : 2120
Book Description
Report of the Treasury Cattle Commission on the Lung Plague of Cattle, Or Contagious Pleuro-pneumonia
Author: United States. Department of the Treasury. Cattle Commission
Publisher:
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Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, Transmitting in Response to Senate Resolution of February 10, 182, the Report of the Treasury Cattle Commission on the Lung Plague of Cattle, Or Contagious Pleur-pneumonia
Author: United States. Department of the Treasury. Cattle Commission
Publisher:
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Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
The Breeder and Dairyman
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Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 890
Book Description
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Category : Cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 890
Book Description
American Hereford Journal
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Category : Hereford cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 1362
Book Description
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Category : Hereford cattle
Languages : en
Pages : 1362
Book Description
The Forest Worker
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Category : Forest management
Languages : en
Pages : 1148
Book Description
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Category : Forest management
Languages : en
Pages : 1148
Book Description
Slave Culture [3 volumes]
Author: Spencer R. Crew
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1440800871
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1264
Book Description
For the first time, the WPA Slave Narratives are organized by theme, making it easier to examine—and understand—specific aspects of slave life and culture. There is no better way to appreciate history than to experience it through the eyes of those who lived it. Slave Culture: A Documentary Collection of the Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project brings together the memories of the last generation of enslaved African Americans gathered through interviews conducted between 1936 and 1938. This three-volume work stands apart from previous Slave Narrative collections in that it organizes the narratives thematically, bringing the rich tapestry of slave culture to life in a fresh way. Within each thematic area, multiple excerpts span time, gender, and geography. An introductory essay for each theme and a contextual explanation for each narrative help readers draw lessons from this vast collection, while an introduction to the work explains the Works Progress Administration's Slave Narrative project—illuminating still another era in American history.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1440800871
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1264
Book Description
For the first time, the WPA Slave Narratives are organized by theme, making it easier to examine—and understand—specific aspects of slave life and culture. There is no better way to appreciate history than to experience it through the eyes of those who lived it. Slave Culture: A Documentary Collection of the Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project brings together the memories of the last generation of enslaved African Americans gathered through interviews conducted between 1936 and 1938. This three-volume work stands apart from previous Slave Narrative collections in that it organizes the narratives thematically, bringing the rich tapestry of slave culture to life in a fresh way. Within each thematic area, multiple excerpts span time, gender, and geography. An introductory essay for each theme and a contextual explanation for each narrative help readers draw lessons from this vast collection, while an introduction to the work explains the Works Progress Administration's Slave Narrative project—illuminating still another era in American history.
Contemporary Ranches of Texas
Author: Lawrence Clayton
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 9780292712393
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Discusses 16 working ranches across Texas. Alta Vista, Canales, Catarina, O'Connor and Ray in South Texas; R.A. Brown, Chimney Creek, Goodnight, J. A, Moorhouse, Nail and Renderbrook Spade in the Panhandle; and Northwest Texas; and Hendrson Cove, Hudspeth River, Long X and Hoskins 101 in The Trans-Pecos.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 9780292712393
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
Discusses 16 working ranches across Texas. Alta Vista, Canales, Catarina, O'Connor and Ray in South Texas; R.A. Brown, Chimney Creek, Goodnight, J. A, Moorhouse, Nail and Renderbrook Spade in the Panhandle; and Northwest Texas; and Hendrson Cove, Hudspeth River, Long X and Hoskins 101 in The Trans-Pecos.