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In Frontier Cattle Ranching in the Land and Times of Charlie Russell, Warren Elofson debunks the myth of the American "wild west" and the Canadian "mild west" by demonstrating that cattlemen on both sides of the forty-ninth parallel shared a common experience. Focusing on Montana, Southern Alberta, Southern Saskatchewan, and the well-known figure of Charlie Russell - an artist and storyteller from that era who spent time on both sides of the border - Elofson examines the lives of cowboys and ranch owners, looking closely at the prevalence of drunkenness, prostitution, gunplay, rustling, and vigilante justice in both Canada and the United States.
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Warren M. Elofson is professor of history, University of Calgary. He has farmed and ranched in Alberta all his life and is the author of The Rockingham Connection and The Second Founding of the Whig Party.
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. B/W Photographs (illustrator). First Edition. SUBTITLED : ` in the Land and Times of Charlie Russell. Several of the b/w images in these 247 pages are reproductions of Charlie Russell paintings. Others are archive photographs; index at back. LEARN more about : Half Circle V ranch, Nose Creek, bobcats, cowhand, cattle buyers, pipe dream, Sergeant S.J. Clarke, Regina Leader, scrub bulls, bad squaw, Lottie Carkeek, and gender balance. Cond : Paper wrapper is black and blue grey. Cover image is of a horse doing his best to get rid of a rider. Volume is clean, tight, square, and bright. No names, marks, creases, nor tears. Decidedly giftable ! ! QUote (p. 64) : " Consequently the Mounties had to shoulder an inordinately heavy load not only to ensure their own their own and their mounts' survival but also to provide for the well-being of the civilian population. The force was required to settle the ._.-._. . " Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 014917