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Shanghai Pierce
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Author : Chris Emmett
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2017-06-28
Shanghai Pierce written by Chris Emmett and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
“I am Shanghai Pierce, Webster in Cattle, by God, Sir.” And, in truth, he was. Part rascal, part gentleman, part poseur, part just himself—of all the colorful Texas figures following the Civil War none was as loud, garish, and funny as Shanghai Pierce, who left Rhode Island penniless and became one of the Big Pasture Men of southern Texas. At six foot, four, Shanghai Pierce was big, rich, and selfish, but he could also be kind. His cunning was seldom matched, and business, whether it involved a quarter-million-dollar loan or a twenty-five cent pair of socks, was his lifeblood. In recreating the life of Abel Head (“Shanghai”) Pierce, Chris Emmett unfolds the entire dramatic spectacle of the time and place in which Pierce lived. An arresting figure, Pierce was a symbol of his era. His statue, which he himself erected in Hawley, Texas, is still a perfect memorial to, and a reminder of, westward-moving America. Shanghai Pierce was a man who pulled up his roots and fled to the West, where he found there was ample room and opportunity. First published in 1953, Shanghai Pierce: A Fair Likeness won the 1953 Summerfield G. Roberts award of the Texas Institute of Letters for the best book on the Republic of Texas.
Black Cowboys Of Texas
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Author : Sara R. Massey
language : en
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Release Date : 2000
Black Cowboys Of Texas written by Sara R. Massey and has been published by Texas A&M University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with African American cowboys categories.
Offers twenty-four essays about African American men and women who worked in the Texas cattle industry from the slave days of the mid-19th century through the early 20th century.
Charlie Siringo S West
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Author : Howard R. Lamar
language : en
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Release Date : 2020-06
Charlie Siringo S West written by Howard R. Lamar and has been published by University of New Mexico Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Charlie Siringo (1855-1928) lived the quintessential life of adventure on the American frontier as a cowboy, Pinkerton detective, writer, and later as a consultant for early western films. Siringo was one of the most attractive, bold, and original characters to live and flourish in the final decades of the Wild West. His love of the cattle business and of cowboy life were so great that in 1885 he published A Texas Cowboy, or Fifteen Years on the Hurricane Deck of a Spanish Pony--Taken From Real Life, which Will Rogers dubbed the "Cowboy's Bible." Howard R. Lamar's biography deftly shares Siringo's story within seventy-five pivotal years of western history. Siringo was not a mere observer but a participant in major historical events including the Coeur d'Alene mining strikes of the 1890s and Big Bill Haywood's trial in 1907. Lamar focuses on Siringo's youthful struggles to employ his abundant athleticism and ambitions and how Siringo's varied experiences helped develop the compelling national myth of the cowboy.
Shanghai Sequoya Pierce
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Author : Jerry A. Matney
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-06-01
Shanghai Sequoya Pierce written by Jerry A. Matney and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-01 with categories.
This is the story of a young man named Shanghai Sequoyah Pierce, who was born and raised on a Texas ranch and grew to excel in baseball, basketball and football. He also grew up to 6'9" in height. He was named for his ancestors, Abel Shanghai Pierce, famous Texas rancher, and Sequoyah, Cherokee native who invented the tribe's written language, Shanghai thought he was on his way to medical school and marriage to his childhood sweetheart when instead he joined the Marine Corps and landed in Korea. Years later he did get to marry his first love and became a veterinarian. The injuries he received during the Korean conflict didn't stop him from roping calves with his father and taking care of the animals on the same ranch where he was born.
The Wild West
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Author : Michael Wallis
language : en
Publisher: Abrams
Release Date : 2011-05-27
The Wild West written by Michael Wallis and has been published by Abrams this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-05-27 with History categories.
An extensively illustrated day-by-day adventure that tells the stories of pioneers and cowboys, gold rushes, and saloon shoot-outs on America’s frontier. Beginning in the nineteenth century, the lure of land rich in minerals, fertile for farming, and plentiful with buffalo bred an all-out obsession with heading westward. The Wild West: 365 Days takes you back to these booming frontier towns that became the stuff of American legend, breeding characters such as Butch Cassidy and Jesse James. Prize-winning journalist and historian Michael Wallis spins a colorful narrative, separating myth from fact, in 365 vignettes. Learn the stories of Davy Crockett, Wild Bill Hickok, and Annie Oakley; travel to the O.K. Corral and Dodge City; ride with the Pony Express; and witness the invention of the Colt revolver. Included throughout are images drawn from Robert G. McCubbin’s extensive collection of Western memorabilia, encompassing rare books, photographs, ephemera, and artifacts, including Billy the Kid’s knife.
The American West
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Author : Dee Brown
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2012-12-25
The American West written by Dee Brown and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-25 with History categories.
As the railroads opened up the American West to settlers in the last half of the 19th Century, the Plains Indians made their final stand and cattle ranches spread from Texas to Montana. Eminent Western author Dee Brown here illuminates the struggle between these three groups as they fought for a place in this new landscape. The result is both a spirited national saga and an authoritative historical account of the drive for order in an uncharted wilderness, illustrated throughout with maps, photographs and ephemera from the period.
Texas Tales
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Author : Myra Hargrave McIlvain
language : en
Publisher: Sunstone Press
Release Date : 2017-04-17
Texas Tales written by Myra Hargrave McIlvain and has been published by Sunstone Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-17 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
These tales trace the Texas story, from Cabeza de Vaca who trekked barefoot across the country recording the first accounts of Indian life, to impresarios like Stephen F. Austin and Don Martín DeLeón who brought settlers into Mexican Texas. There are visionaries like Padre José Nicolás Ballí, the Singer family, and Sam Robertson, who tried and failed to develop Padre Island into the wonderland that it is today. There are legendary characters like Sally Skull who had five husbands and may have killed some of them, and Josiah Wilbarger who was scalped and lived another ten years to tell about it. Also included are the stories of Shanghai Pierce, cattleman extraordinaire, who had no qualms about rounding up other folks’ calves, and Tol Barret who drilled Texas’ first oil well over thirty years before Spindletop changed the world. The Sanctified Sisters got rich running a commune for women, and millionaire oilman Edgar B. Davis gave away his money as fast as he made it. Sam Houston, Jean Lafitte, Antonio López de Santa Anna, Lucy Kidd-Key, Minnie Fisher Cunningham, all these characters and many more—early-day adventurers, Civil War heroes, and latter-day artists and musicians—created the patchwork called Texas.
The Trail Drivers Of Texas
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Univ of TX + ORM
Release Date : 2010-06-30
The Trail Drivers Of Texas written by and has been published by Univ of TX + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-30 with History categories.
“For 60 years, [it] has been considered the most monumental single source on the old-time Texas trail drives north to Kansas and beyond.” —The Dallas Morning News These are the chronicles of the trail drivers of Texas—those rugged men and, sometimes, women—who drove cattle and horses up the trails from Texas to northern markets in the late 1800s. Gleaned from members of the Old Time Trail Drivers’ Association, these hundreds of real-life stories—some humorous, some chilling, some rambling, all interesting—form an invaluable cornerstone to the literature, history, and folklore of Texas and the West. First published in the 1920s and reissued by the University of Texas Press in 1985, this classic work is now available in an ebook edition that contains the full text, historical illustrations, and name index of the hardcover edition. “The essential starting point for any study of Texas trail driving days. Walter Prescott Webb called it ‘Absolutely the best source there is on the cattle trail . . .’” —Basic Texas Books “A book of recollections written by the trail drivers themselves. It has been declared that this volume will prove to be the storehouse of historians and novelists for generations.” —J. Marvin Hunter’s Frontier Times Magazine “A collection of narrative sketches of early cowboys and their experiences in driving herds of cattle through the unfenced Texas prairies to northern markets. They are true narratives told by the cowpunchers who experienced the long rides.” —Texas Proud
Cattle Kings Of Texas
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Author : C. L. Douglas
language : en
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Release Date : 2020-10-16
Cattle Kings Of Texas written by C. L. Douglas and has been published by Read Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-16 with History categories.
This book comprises a fascinating and authentic look into the lives of some of the richest and most private ranches in Texas. This is a book that will greatly appeal to anyone with an interest in the historical singularity that is Texas, offering its readers a unique insight in to the ''real world'' of Texas ranch life and the ever-fading tradition of true ranching that made it what it is today. Many antique books such as this are increasingly rare and costly, and it is with this in mind that we are proud to be republishing this text here complete with a new introduction on the subject.
Black Cowboys And Early Cattle Drives On The Trails From Texas To Montana
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Author : Nancy K. Williams
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2023-06
Black Cowboys And Early Cattle Drives On The Trails From Texas To Montana written by Nancy K. Williams and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-06 with History categories.
Dust and Determination After the Civil War, emancipated slaves who didn't want to pick cotton or operate an elevator headed west to find work and a new life. Charles Goodnight and Oliver Loving drove two thousand longhorns across southern Texas blazing a trail to Bosque Redondo in New Mexico. In 1866, the new Goodnight-Loving Trail was crowded with cattle headed for a government market. By the 1870s, twenty-five percent of the over thirty-five thousand cowboys in the West were black. They were part of trail crews that drove more than twenty-seven million cattle on the Goodnight-Loving Trail, Western Trail, Chisholm Trail and Shawnee Trail. They were paid equally, and their skill and ability brought them earned respect and prestige. Author Nancy Williams recounts their lasting legacy.