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Artist: Duke, Cordia Sloan; Frantz, Joe B.

ISBN: 9780292775640

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Publisher

University of Texas Press

ISBN-10

0292775644

ISBN-13

9780292775640

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78983

Product Key Features

Book Title

6000 Miles of Fence

Number of Pages

285 Pages

Language

English

Topic

United States / State & Local / General, Customs & Traditions, Sociology / Rural

Publication Year

1961

Illustrator

Yes

Features

Reprint

Genre

Social Science, History

Author

Cordia Sloan Duke, Joe B. Frantz

Book Series

M. K. Brown Range Life Ser.

Format

Mass Market

Dimensions

Item Height

0.7 in

Item Weight

12 Oz

Item Length

8.5 in

Item Width

5.5 in

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This book, with all the merit of being an organized and beautifully presented story, is more than a social history; it is source material, resting on the firm bedrock of first-hand accounts. Hence, while it joins in many libraries and collections several shelves of other cowboy books, it will always be on the top shelf with a select few that have made real contributions to the history of the American West. As a man should be measured by his own standards, and an event in terms of its own time, a book should be evaluated in relation to its purpose. By this standard, as well as by comparison with other books in its library classification, 6,000 Miles of Fence is a success., This book, with all the merit of being an organized and beautifully presented story, is more than a social history; it is source material, resting on the firm bedrock of first-hand accounts. Hence, while it joins in many libraries and collections several shelves of other cowboy books, it will always be on the top shelf with a select few that have made real contributions to the history of the American West. As a man should be measured by his own standards, and an event in terms of its own time, a book should be evaluated in relation to its purpose. By this standard, as well as by comparison with other books in its library classification, 6,000 Miles of Fence is a success.", Joe Frantz, one of Texas' most able writers, has taken the diary of Mrs. Cordia Sloan Duke, widow of XIT's division manager, plus the terse and pithy reminiscences she collected from former XIT cowboys, and turned them into a unique, readable and realistic account of the cowboy's way of life.

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Reprint

Table Of Content

Preface Cordia Sloan Duke Those Who Remembered--and Recorded List of Illustrations List of Maps 1. The Ranch 2. Work 3. And More Work 4. Fire Fighting 5. Herding 6. Roundup 7. Stampedes 8. Rustling 9. Horses 10. Montana 11. Weather 12. Sour Dough and Supplies 13. The Other Side of the Draw 14. Frolicking 15. Afterwards Appendix: Horses Remembered by XIT Men Index

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The fabulous XIT Ranch has been celebrated in song, story, and serious history. This book of reminiscences of old XIT cowmen puts on record the everyday life of the individuals who made the ranch run. Their forthright, yet picturesque, discussion of ranching hardships and dangers dissipates Hollywood and TV glamorizing. They relate in honest cowboy language what actually happened inside the XlT's 6,000 miles of fence. Cordia Sloan Duke, wife of an XIT division manager, Robert L. Duke, many years ago realized that only those who had experienced ranch life could depict it with deep understanding. As the young wife of a rising young ranch hand, she kept in her apron pocket a notebook and pencil, recording all manner of interesting details as they caught her attention. This diary was the nucleus for the present book. Conceiving of an account of life on the XIT as presented by XIT cowboys, Mrs. Duke set about drawing from reticent, sometimes reluctant, ranch hands the impressions of the XIT (occasionally written down by their more literate wives or daughters) which they had retained through the years. Cordia Sloan Duke and Joe B. Frantz have organized the reminiscences around key aspects of ranch life, retaining the language of the cow hands. Mrs. Duke contributed several articles to The Cattleman. Dr. Frantz is holder of the Walter Prescott Webb Chair in History at the University of Texas in Austin., This book of reminiscences of old XIT Ranch cowmen puts on record the everyday life of the individuals who made the ranch run., The fabulous XIT Ranch has been celebrated in song, story, and serious history. This book of reminiscences of old XIT cowmen puts on record the everyday life of the individuals who made the ranch run. Their forthright, yet picturesque, discussion of ranching hardships and dangers dissipates Hollywood and TV glamorizing. They relate in honest cowboy language what actually happened inside the XIT's 6,000 miles of fence. Cordia Sloan Duke, wife of an XIT division manager, Robert L. Duke, many years ago realized that only those who had experienced ranch life could depict it with deep understanding. As the young wife of a rising young ranch hand, she kept in her apron pocket a notebook and pencil, recording all manner of interesting details as they caught her attention. This diary was the nucleus for the present book. Conceiving of an account of life on the XIT as presented by XIT cowboys, Mrs. Duke set about drawing from reticent, sometimes reluctant, ranch hands the impressions of the XIT (occasionally written down by their more literate wives or daughters) which they had retained through the years. Cordia Sloan Duke and Joe B. Frantz have organized the reminiscences around key aspects of ranch life, retaining the language of the cow hands.

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