Dobie, J. Frank
A vaquero of the brush country J. Frank Dobie; Illustrated by Justin C. Gruelle; :reface by Lawrence Clark Powell - Boston Little, Brown and Company 1957 - 302 p.
Includes Index
Preface : A Necessary Explanation : The making of a Vaquero : The mossy horns : For their hides and tallow : The Razorbacks : The bloody border : If not law, the order : Up the Chisholm Trail : bringing in the strays : Dodging Comanches and hunting water : Establishing a ranch on the plains : From hell to breakfast : Billy the Kid interpreted : Many trails : when the Brush Popped : Brush country : The big steal and the break-up : The Brasaderos : Mustangs : The Bandana and other belongings : The man with the iron hand : Trans-Pecos : Appendices : Index
John Young was an old-time vaquero who acted as trail driver, hog chaser, sheriff, ranger, horse thief killer, fire fighter, ranch manager, and more.
Young, John Duncan, 1856-
Cowboys --Biography --Texas
Ranch life --History--Texas
Frontier and pioneer life Texas
Cattle trade -- History--Texas
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A vaquero of the brush country J. Frank Dobie; Illustrated by Justin C. Gruelle; :reface by Lawrence Clark Powell - Boston Little, Brown and Company 1957 - 302 p.
Includes Index
Preface : A Necessary Explanation : The making of a Vaquero : The mossy horns : For their hides and tallow : The Razorbacks : The bloody border : If not law, the order : Up the Chisholm Trail : bringing in the strays : Dodging Comanches and hunting water : Establishing a ranch on the plains : From hell to breakfast : Billy the Kid interpreted : Many trails : when the Brush Popped : Brush country : The big steal and the break-up : The Brasaderos : Mustangs : The Bandana and other belongings : The man with the iron hand : Trans-Pecos : Appendices : Index
John Young was an old-time vaquero who acted as trail driver, hog chaser, sheriff, ranger, horse thief killer, fire fighter, ranch manager, and more.
Young, John Duncan, 1856-
Cowboys --Biography --Texas
Ranch life --History--Texas
Frontier and pioneer life Texas
Cattle trade -- History--Texas
976.4060924 Dob 48