Author: Paul Iselin WellmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cattle trade
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
The Trampling Herd
Author: Paul Iselin WellmanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cattle trade
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
The Trampling Herd
Author: Paul I. WellmanThe Trampling Herd: The Story of the Cattle Range in America
Author: Paul I. WellmanPublisher: Rare Treasure Editions
ISBN: 1774644339
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 431
Book Description
The Trampling Herd is a record of the US cattle industry. From Cortez and the first cattle, on through the days of the Mexican vaquero to the modern cowbody and dude wrangler, Paul Wellman traced the history and personalities of the Western cattle country. He showed the changing West, dating from the barbed wire fences and the sheepmen, the new laws regarding water rights and he brings his tale down to the last ignominy, the dude ranches. Cattle crossed the Rio Grande into what is now the United States as early as 1580, forty years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. In this colorful and comprehensive history of the cattle industry in the American West, we reach back to the early sixteenth century, when the first cattle were brought from Spain to Mexico. We then learn about the great cattle drives that began after the Civil War when Texans desperately needed to expand their markets, and about the dramatic changes in the cattle industry that followed. Colorful true characters like the unforgettable Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Wild Bill Hickok, and Billy the Kid also all make prominent appearances in this fascinating history.
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Author: Paul Iselin WellmanThe Trampling Herd
Author: P. I. WellmanThe Story of the Cattle Range in America
Author: Paul I. WellmanThe trampling herd, by paul i. wellman
Author: Paul i WellmanThe Canadian Magazine
Author: J. Gordon MowatThe Canadian Magazine
Author: The Soil Will Save Us
Author: Kristin OhlsonPublisher: Rodale Books
ISBN: 1609615557
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Journalist and bestselling author Kristin Ohlson makes an elegantly argued, passionate case for "our great green hope"—a way in which we can not only heal the land but also turn atmospheric carbon into beneficial soil carbon—and potentially reverse global warming. Thousands of years of poor farming and ranching practices—and, especially, modern industrial agriculture—have led to the loss of up to 80 percent of carbon from the world's soils. That carbon is now floating in the atmosphere, and even if we stopped using fossil fuels today, it would continue warming the planet. As the granddaughter of farmers and the daughter of avid gardeners, Ohlson has long had an appreciation for the soil. A chance conversation with a local chef led her to the crossroads of science, farming, food, and environmentalism and the discovery of the only significant way to remove carbon dioxide from the air—an ecological approach that tends not only to plants and animals but also to the vast population of underground microorganisms that fix carbon in the soil. Ohlson introduces the visionaries—scientists, farmers, ranchers, and landscapers—who are figuring out in the lab and on the ground how to build healthy soil, which solves myriad problems: drought, erosion, air and water pollution, and food quality, as well as climate change. Her discoveries and vivid storytelling will revolutionize the way we think about our food, our landscapes, our plants, and our relationship to Earth.