02944nam 2200745 a 450 991078340200332120230912133616.01-282-85890-497866128589010-7735-6873-510.1515/9780773568730(CKB)1000000000244866(OCoLC)123373555(CaPaEBR)ebrary10119838(SSID)ssj0000278291(PQKBManifestationID)11207070(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000278291(PQKBWorkID)10243090(PQKB)10034720(Au-PeEL)EBL3330595(CaPaEBR)ebr10132776(CaONFJC)MIL285890(OCoLC)929120709(DE-B1597)657979(DE-B1597)9780773568730(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/3vkbqk(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400094(MiAaPQ)EBC3330595(MiAaPQ)EBC3243490(EXLCZ)99100000000024486620020204d2000 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrCowboys, gentlemen & cattle thieves[electronic resource] ranching on the western frontier /Warren M. ElofsonMontréal ;Ithaca [N.Y.] McGill-Queen's University Pressc20001 online resource (222 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7735-2100-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [159]-196) and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- The Ranching Industry: An Overview -- The Old World and the New -- Frontiersmanship -- Nature’s Fury -- Two-Legged Predators -- The Evolution of Technique -- Conclusion -- Notes -- IndexProstitution, gunfights, barroom brawls and cattle rustling - while prevailing images from the American old West - have typically been absent from histories of the Canadian frontier. In Cowboys, Gentlemen, and Cattle Thieves Warren Elofson demonstrates thRanch lifePrairie ProvincesHistoryRanchingPrairie ProvincesHistoryFrontier and pioneer lifePrairie ProvincesRanchingProvinces des PrairiesHistoireVie des pionniersProvinces des PrairiesPrairie ProvincesHistoryProvinces des PrairiesHistoireRanch lifeHistory.RanchingHistory.Frontier and pioneer lifeRanchingHistoire.Vie des pionniers971.2/02Elofson W. M1468923MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783402003321Cowboys, gentlemen & cattle thieves3763364UNINA