Charles Goodnight: Father of the Texas Panhandle

by William T. Hagan

Book Overview

Charles Goodnight was a pioneer of the early range cattle industry-an opinionated and profane but energetic and well-liked rancher.

Goodnight's story is now re-examined by William T. Hagan in this brief, authoritative account that considers the role of ranching in general-and Goodnight in particular-in the development of the Texas Panhandle. The first major reassessment of his life in seventy years, Charles Goodnight: Father of the Texas...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806141956
• ISBN13: 9780806141954
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.2" x 7.9"