Cowboys, Gentlemen & Cattle ThievesCowboys, Gentlemen & Cattle Thieves
Ranching on the Western Frontier
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Book, 2000
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Current format, Book, 2000, , Available . Offered in 0 more formatsProstitution, 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 of round-ups as well as the disheartening after-effects of stampedes. He describes the massive losses incurred when herds were subjected to winter storms, wolves, prairie fires, disease, and rustlers and provides vivid illustrations of the dangers of ordinary life for both cowboy and settler.Cowboys, Gentlemen, and Cattle Thievesargues that the greatest influence on ranchers and settlers was the need to deal with the frontier environment and shows that adoption of intensive agricultural practices helped them carve out a permanent place in rural western Canada.
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- Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2000.
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