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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Reissue. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

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Hardback. Condition: Good. The Flint Hills are America's tallgrass prairie, a green enclave set in the midst of the farmland of eastern Kansas. Here, the author blends history, folklore, and memoir to conjure for readers the tallgrass prairies of his boyhood. He traces Flint Hills' cattle culture from the days of the trail drive through the railroad years to trucking era.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Paperback. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardback. Condition: Good. The Flint Hills are America's tallgrass prairie, a green enclave set in the midst of the farmland of eastern Kansas. Here, the author blends history, folklore, and memoir to conjure for readers the tallgrass prairies of his boyhood. He traces Flint Hills' cattle culture from the days of the trail drive through the railroad years to trucking era.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. The Flint Hills are America's last tallgrass prairie, a green enclave set in the midst of the farmland of eastern Kansas. Known as the home of the Big Beef Steer, these rugged hills have produced exemplary cowboys - both the ranch and rodeo varieties - whose hard work has given them plenty of material for equally good stories. Jim Hoy grew up in the Flint Hills on a ranch at Cassoday that's been in his family for five generations and boasts roots ""as deep as those of bluestem grass in black-soil bottomland."" He now draws on this area's rich cowboy lore - as well as on his own experience working cattle, breaking horses, and rodeoing - to write a folk history of the Flint Hills spanning a century and a half. Hoy blends history, folklore, and memoir to conjure for readers the tallgrass prairies of his boyhood in a book that richly recalls the ranching life and the people who lived it. Here are cowboys and outlaws, rodeo stars and runaway horses, ordinary folks and the stuff of legends. Hoy introduces readers to the likes of Lou Hart, a top hand with the Crocker Brothers from 1906 to 1910, whose poetic paean to ranch life circulated orally for fifty years before seeing print. And he tracks down the legend of Bud Gillette, considered by his neighbors the world's fastest man until he fell in with an unscrupulous promoter. He even unravels the mystery of a lone grave supposed to be that of the first cowboy in the Flint Hills. Hoy also explains why a good horse makes up for having to work with exasperating cattle - and why not all horses are created (or trained) equal. And he traces Flint Hills' cattle culture from the days of the trail drive through the railroad years to today's trucking era, with most railroad stockyards torn down and only one section house left standing. Writes Hoy, ""I feed on the stories of the Hills and the characters who tell them as the cattle feed on the grasses."" His love of the land shines throughout a book so real that readers will swear they hear the click of horseshoes on flint rock with every turn of the page.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Condition: good. The book has been read but is in good condition. It has very minimal damage to the cover, including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. The binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. There are no missing pages. See the seller's listing for full details and a description of any imperfections.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. The Flint Hills are America's last tallgrass prairie, a green enclave set in the midst of the farmland of eastern Kansas. Known as the home of the Big Beef Steer, these rugged hills have produced exemplary cowboys - both the ranch and rodeo varieties - whose hard work has given them plenty of material for equally good stories. Jim Hoy grew up in the Flint Hills on a ranch at Cassoday that's been in his family for five generations and boasts roots ""as deep as those of bluestem grass in black-soil bottomland."" He now draws on this area's rich cowboy lore - as well as on his own experience working cattle, breaking horses, and rodeoing - to write a folk history of the Flint Hills spanning a century and a half. Hoy blends history, folklore, and memoir to conjure for readers the tallgrass prairies of his boyhood in a book that richly recalls the ranching life and the people who lived it. Here are cowboys and outlaws, rodeo stars and runaway horses, ordinary folks and the stuff of legends. Hoy introduces readers to the likes of Lou Hart, a top hand with the Crocker Brothers from 1906 to 1910, whose poetic paean to ranch life circulated orally for fifty years before seeing print. And he tracks down the legend of Bud Gillette, considered by his neighbors the world's fastest man until he fell in with an unscrupulous promoter. He even unravels the mystery of a lone grave supposed to be that of the first cowboy in the Flint Hills. Hoy also explains why a good horse makes up for having to work with exasperating cattle - and why not all horses are created (or trained) equal. And he traces Flint Hills' cattle culture from the days of the trail drive through the railroad years to today's trucking era, with most railroad stockyards torn down and only one section house left standing. Writes Hoy, ""I feed on the stories of the Hills and the characters who tell them as the cattle feed on the grasses."" His love of the land shines throughout a book so real that readers will swear they hear the click of horseshoes on flint rock with every turn of the page.…

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Condition: Very Good. 1st. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

paperback. Condition: Acceptable. Acceptable - This is a significantly damaged book. It should be considered a reading copy only. Please order this book only if you are interested in the content and not the condition. May be ex-library. PAPERBACK Standard-sized.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

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Condition: Fine. Hardcover, [xiii], 202 pages. Fine condition in a Very Good dust jacket. First edition. Size 8.5"x5.75". "As in their first book, the authors have written about hardy plains dwellers (a rare breed who feel out of place anywhere except on the prairie) and their cultural heritage, which derives from many sources in both the Old World and the New. Here are stories about plains folklore, animals, food, life-styles, and artifacts in a land of buttermilk and blabs, Bigfoot and bindweed." Book is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has moderate shelfwear. Don Johnson (illustrator). …

Softcover. Dust Jacket Condition: 1911, now with a new. First Thus. soft cover; otherwise very well-kept. xiv,; Very Good Crisp, clean pages except for a prior owner's stamp on the first (publisher) page and sparse, pale foxing around outside edges shows only light shelfwear at ends of spine 356pp. A reprint of a book originally published in 1911, now introduction. Illustrated by Smith, Erwin E. (illustrator). …