Author: John HendrixPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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If I Can Do it Horseback : a Cowboy Sketchbook
Author: John HendrixIf I Can Do it Horseback
Author: John HendrixPublisher:
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Category : Cattle trade
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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If I Can Do it Horseback
Author: John HendrixIf I Can Do It Horseback
Author: John HendrixPublisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477307184
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
John Hendrix drew upon his own varied experiences for this panoramic view of West Texas ranch life, presented here in an integral compilation of flavorful articles written originally for The Cattleman. Touching upon virtually every facet of the cattle industry, they examine economic influences and technological changes as well as the personal and emotional aspects of range life. Here are accurate, detailed, fascinating descriptions of the day-to-day life of the cowboy, the chuck-wagon cook, the range boss: narratives rich in human interest, in pathos, comedy, drama. Some tell of the organization and operation of the cow camp: the activities of the men, their duties and their entertainments, the clothes they wore, the food they ate, the horses they rode, the language they spoke. Some compare West Texas cattle-handling techniques with those of other sectors, or contrast early techniques with later practices. Others give biographies of cattlemen and cowboys. Still others study the operation, development, problems, and achievements of typical ranches of various types: the early open-range ranches, the large ranches which successfully made the transition to modem operation, the unsuccessful company-owned ranches of the 1880s, the pioneer cattle-feeding projects. Several articles describe the geography of the West Texas cattle country: the vast, arid expanses; the brown-green hills and Cap Rock; the life-giving springs; and the fickle weather. These are all considered in terms of their physical appearance and emotional impact, their importance as economic factors, and their effect on the duties of the cowboys. Written in direct language and savoring of the life they describe, these articles capture the beauty of the cattle country—as well as its violence, hardships, drudgery. John Hendrix’s affection for the land, the people, and the life gives his writing a special warmth that his readers are sure to recognize and admire. Texas artist Malcolm Thurgood has provided delightful illustrations for the text, and Wayne Gard, author of The Chisholm Trail and The Great Buffalo Hunt, has written a valuable introduction.
If I Can Do it Horseback. A Cow-country Sketchbook ... Illustrations by Malcolm Thurgood
Author: John HendrixBlack Cowboys and Early Cattle Drives: On the Trails from Texas to Montana
Author: Nancy K. WilliamsPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467153648
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Dust and Determination After the Civil War, emancipated slaves who didn't want to pick cotton or operate an elevator headed west to find work and a new life. Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving drove two thousand longhorns across southern Texas blazing a trail to Bosque Redondo in New Mexico. In 1866, the new Goodnight-Loving Trail was crowded with cattle headed for a government market. By the 1870s, twenty-five percent of the over thirty-five thousand cowboys in the West were black. They were part of trail crews that drove more than twenty-seven million cattle on the Goodnight-Loving Trail, Western Trail, Chisholm Trail and Shawnee Trail. They were paid equally, and their skill and ability brought them earned respect and prestige. Author Nancy Williams recounts their lasting legacy.
Black Cowboys Of Texas
Author: Sara R. MasseyPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9781585444434
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Offers twenty-four essays about African American men and women who worked in the Texas cattle industry from the slave days of the mid-19th century through the early 20th century.
Texas Cowboys
Author: Jim LanningPublisher: Texas A&M University Press
ISBN: 9780890966587
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A collection of twenty-three Depression-era interviews in which Texas cowhands describe their everyday responsibilities and experiences.
Cow Boys and Cattle Men
Author: Jacqueline M. MoorePublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814757405
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Cowboys are an American legend, but despite ubiquity in history and popular culture, misperceptions abound. Technically, a cowboy worked with cattle, as a ranch hand, while his boss, the cattleman, owned the ranch. Jacqueline M. Moore casts aside romantic and one-dimensional images of cowboys by analyzing the class, gender, and labor histories of ranching in Texas during the second half of the nineteenth century. As working-class men, cowboys showed their masculinity through their skills at work as well as public displays in town. But what cowboys thought was manly behavior did not always match those ideas of the business-minded cattlemen, who largely absorbed middle-class masculine ideals of restraint. Real men, by these standards, had self-mastery over their impulses and didn’t fight, drink, gamble or consort with "unsavory" women. Moore explores how, in contrast to the mythic image, from the late 1870s on, as the Texas frontier became more settled and the open range disappeared, the real cowboys faced increasing demands from the people around them to rein in the very traits that Americans considered the most masculine. Published in Cooperation with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University.
Sketchbook
Author: Ted PublicationsPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
This cute sketchbook is the perfect art tool to improve your drawing skills! This large Blank journal is printed on high quality interior stock and is perfectly sized at 8.5 x 11 so you can take it with you anywhere you go! Color * Sketch * Write * Design * Draw * Doodle in this extra large (8.5"x11") sketch book. Great for anyone who wants to exercise their creativity! 120 pages. Soft cover, Premium matte finish Our sketchbooks are perfect for: General drawing practice. Christmas Gifts and Stocking Stuffers. Birthday Gifts. Busy Book for Kids While Travelling. Click on the publisher name to see more of our awesome & creative journals, lined notebooks and notepads. Check back often because we load new designs frequently.