Cowboys Gentlemen & Cattle Thieves: Ranching on the Western Frontier

ISBN-13: 9780773521001 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 224 str.

Warren M. Elofson; W. M. Elofson

Opis

Prostitution, gunfights, bar-room 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 that the Canadian frontier was less restrained, law-abiding and insulated from death and violence than has been believed. He challenges traditional views that Canadian ranching society was a microcosm of the Old World, arguing that the greatest influence on ranchers and settlers was the need to deal with the frontier environment.