Let the Cowboy Ride: Cattle Ranching in the American West

by Paul F. Starrs and Professor Paul F. Starrs

Book Overview

The dime novel and dude ranch, the barbecue and rodeo, the suburban ranch house and the urban cowboy -- all are a direct legacy of nineteenth-century cowboy life that still enlivens American popular... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801856841
• ISBN13: 9780801856846
• Release Date: February 1998
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.3" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

A fascinating and comprehensive look at ranching . . .

I came across this book while doing research about ranching in the American West -- this book is by far the most interesting, comprehensive and well-written book about the cattle industry that I've found.