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The American Cowboy in Life and Legend
The American Cowboy in Life and Legend
Author: William Albert Allard (Photographer), Bart McDowell
Across the Great Plains snow fell every day but three that terrible February of 1887. Stranded cattle starved and froze to death by the thousand. Fortunes evaporated as ranch after ranch went under; the bottom dropped out of the beef market. Murderous blizzards heralded the end of the Old West, an end hastened by railroads and barbed wire, by fa...  more »
ISBN: 227837
Publication Date: 1972
Pages: 212
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Publisher: National Geographic Society
Book Type: Hardcover
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Tons of history and information. A great read, in my opinion!


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