Overview
An informal social history—rich and surprising—of the centuries old relationship between cows and humans. A far from humdrum book—it will open even jaundiced eyes. —Larry McMurtry
Full Product Details
Author: Laurie Winn Carlson
Publisher: Ivan R Dee, Inc
Imprint: Ivan R Dee, Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 16.10cm
, Height: 3.10cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 0.662kg
ISBN: 9781566633888
ISBN 10: 1566633885
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 22 October 2001
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
With this book in hand we no longer have to search encyclopedias and extract hunks of material on cattle ranching. Buckskin Bulletin Entertaining and informative...readers learn more than they ever imagined wanting to know about cattle, but not more than they should. -- Danise Hoover Booklist This is the first book of its kind and well deserves to be widely read. -- Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago Balanced, intelligent, and seasoned with telling anecdotes. -- Linda M. Hasselstrom, author of Windbreak: A Woman Rancher on the Northern Plains Far from a humdrum book about cows, this book will open even jaundiced eyes. -- Larry McMurtry A wholly wonderful essay! -- Guy Davenport Harpers Wine & Spirit The author has written a most interesting factual, well-documented book on cattle history. Journal Of The West A provocative discussion that is bound to engage readers from outside academic circles. -- Julia H. Haggerty H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online
With this book in hand we no longer have to search encyclopedias and extract hunks of material on cattle ranching. Buckskin Bulletin Entertaining and informative...readers learn more than they ever imagined wanting to know about cattle, but not more than they should. -- Danise Hoover Booklist This is the first book of its kind and well deserves to be widely read. -- Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago Balanced, intelligent, and seasoned with telling anecdotes. -- Linda M. Hasselstrom, author of Windbreak: A Woman Rancher on the Northern Plains Far from a humdrum book about cows, this book will open even jaundiced eyes. -- Larry McMurtry A wholly wonderful essay! -- Guy Davenport Harper's Magazine The author has written a most interesting factual, well-documented book on cattle history. Journal Of The West A provocative discussion that is bound to engage readers from outside academic circles. -- Julia H. Haggerty H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online
A provocative discussion that is bound to engage readers from outside academic circles.--Julia H. Haggerty H-Net Reviews
