During his more than 40 years of newspaper and magazine work, Harry Chrisman has been answering questions about the American West - both the standard and the oddball queries, such as "What is the most fantastic bear story you ever heard?" Chrisman first encountered many of these questions in his monthly column "Roundup Time," which appeared in The West, a national monthly magazine. Concentrating on the puzzlers, Chrisman has gathered in his illustrated volume over one thousand of the most frequently asked questions about the American West. Readers will find chapters devoted to the people of...
During his more than 40 years of newspaper and magazine work, Harry Chrisman has been answering questions about the American West - both the standard ...
"Lost Trails of the Cimarron" is Harry Chrisman's folk history of nineteenth-century Cimarron country - southwestern Kansas, southeastern Colorado, and the neutral strip of Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle. Buffalo hunters entered the area in violation of the Medicine Lodge Treaty, followed by cowboys and settlers who formed a vast economy based on grass and beef, the beginnings of prominent cattle ranches such as Westmoreland-Hitch Outfit. Chrisman details the history of the outlaws and ruffians of "No Man's Land" and trail drives to Dodge City and beyond. Numerous illustrations accompany...
"Lost Trails of the Cimarron" is Harry Chrisman's folk history of nineteenth-century Cimarron country - southwestern Kansas, southeastern Colorado,...
