1770849

LONGHORNS Frank Dobie Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket #1770849

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LONGHORNS Frank Dobie Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket #1770849
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The Longhorns by Frank Dobie is undoubtedly one of
the great classics of American History--it is still in print-- And
this early edition is a beautiful book.
<p>The Stampede, a mural painted by WPA artist Tom
Lea in the Odessa, Texas, post office graces the dust jacket, cloth
cover and double title of the book. Lea also provided black and
white illustrations for the book. There are photographs of the
steers as well.
<p>Dobie, J Frank The Longhorns. Boston: Little
Brown, 1941. Hardcover with dust jacket.

6 x 8-3/4 inches; 388 pages. Bibliography and
index.
<p>The Texas Longhorn made more history than any other
breed of cattle the world has ever known. The Longhorns were
more than a breed--they were a race. Gaunt, wiry, intractable,
they were themselves pioneers in a hard, strange land. Their
story is the bedrock on which the history of the cow country of
America is founded.


J. Frank Dobie was a tale spinner who appreciated the
proper
place of legend and folklore in history. In The Longhorns
, he tells of the Spanish conquistadors, who brought their
cattle with them; of ranching in the turbulent colonial times; of
the cowboy, whose abandon, energy, insolence, and pride
epitomized the booming West. He writes of terrifying
stampedes, titanic bull fights on the range, ghost steers, and
encounters with Indians.


A tireless prospector of the history and legends of the
Southwest, Dobie spent most of his life ...
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<td>Reference
#: 2163book</td>
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<tr><td>Condition:See Description</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:See Description</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:United States</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:Little Brown</td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:8.75</td></tr>
<tr><td>Depth:1.75</td></tr>
<tr><td>Width:6</td></tr>
<tr><td>Weight:3</td></tr>
<tr><td>Title:LONGHORNS Frank Dobie Hardcover w/ Dust Jacket</td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:Hardcover </td></tr>


<tr><td>Location:Buffalo, NY</td></tr>
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