Cattle: An Informal Social History - Softcover

With this book in hand we no longer have to search encyclopedias and extract hunks of material on cattle ranching. * Buckskin Bulletin * Entertaining and informative...readers learn more than they ever imagined wanting to know about cattle, but not more than they should. -- Danise Hoover * Booklist * This is the first book of its kind and well deserves to be widely read. -- Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago Balanced, intelligent, and seasoned with telling anecdotes. -- Linda M. Hasselstrom, author of Windbreak: A Woman Rancher on the Northern Plains Far from a humdrum book about cows, this book will open even jaundiced eyes. -- Larry McMurtry A wholly wonderful essay! -- Guy Davenport * Harpers Wine & Spirit * The author has written a most interesting factual, well-documented book on cattle history. * Journal of the West * A provocative discussion that is bound to engage readers from outside academic circles. -- Julia H. Haggerty * H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online *

An informal social historyrich and surprisingof the centuries old relationship between cows and humans. A far from humdrum bookit will open even jaundiced eyes. Larry McMurtry