Cowboys, Gentlemen, and Cattle Thieves: Ranching on the Western Frontier

by Warren M. Elofson

Book Overview

Prostitution, gunfights, barroom brawls, and cattle rustling - prevailing images from the American old West - have typically been absent from histories of a gentler Canadian frontier. InCowboys, Gentlemen, and Cattle ThievesWarren Elofson argues that the Canadian frontier was less restrained, law-abiding, and insulated from death and violence than has been believed. An Alberta rancher himself, Elofson helps us feel the dust, sweat, cold, and danger...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773532528
• ISBN13: 9780773532526
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.1"