Frontier Cattle Ranching in the Land and Times of Charlie Russell

by Warren M. Elofson

Book Overview

Frontier Cattle Ranching in the Land and Times of Charlie Russell is an engaging, sprightly comparison of ranching experiences in Montana and Alberta/Assiniboia from 1880 to 1920. Elofson argues that these two frontiers had much in common. Montana is revealed to have a more sedate, and less wild, cultural tradition than is remembered. Alberta/Assiniboia is shown to have a rowdier, more "western" ranching culture than is typically acknowledged...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0295984244
• ISBN13: 9780295984247
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"