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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782734503321

Autore

Elofson W. M

Titolo

Frontier cattle ranching in the land and times of Charlie Russell [[electronic resource] /] / Warren M. Elofson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press

Seattle, : University of Washington Press, c2004

ISBN

0-7735-7441-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Disciplina

978.6/01

Soggetti

Ranch life - Montana - History - 19th century

Ranch life - Prairie Provinces - History - 19th century

Frontier and pioneer life - Montana

Frontier and pioneer life - Prairie Provinces

Cowboys - Montana

Cowboys - Prairie Provinces

Artists - United States

Montana Social life and customs 19th century

Prairie Provinces Social life and customs 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-239) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Map -- Introduction -- The First Eastern and European Migration -- The Pattern of Agricultural Development -- “Go West, Young Man.” -- The Old World in the New -- Unruly Young Men -- Rustling -- Rangeland Entertainment -- “Nice” Ladies and “Sporting” Girls -- Where Have All the Range Cattle Gone? -- The Triumph of Ranch Farming -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.