Women may not fit the common image of a rancher, but on the range and in the ranch office women are at home. With their parents, children, or spouses--or alone--women own, manage, and do the daily work of ranching, as they have since pioneer days. Increasingly, they also fill the productive roles of the highly technological industry growing up around beef cattle.

Women of the Range describes the roles of women in the Texas cattle industry of the past, the present, and the likely future. Based on a decade of interviews, observation, and data analysis, Elizabeth Maret, a sociologist...

From the town that brought you Molly Ivins, Liz Carpenter, John Henry Faulk, and Greater Tuna, here's Cactus Pryor. For decades, Cactus' wit and wisdom have delighted radio listeners, as well as the many social, political, business, and philanthropic groups throughout the United States whose functions have been enlivened by this accomplished master of ceremonies and after-dinner speaker.

Now the University of Texas Press takes great pleasure in bringing you this quintessential Texas humorist. Playback gathers over forty of Cactus Pryor's favorite radio essays,...

In a time of microwave cooking, frozen foods, and pizzas delivered-in-thirty-minutes-or-you-don't-pay, it is with awe and delight to find a book like A Pinch of This and a Handful of That. This collection of recipes and household hints of our foremothers compiled by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas tells it like it is. You not only cook by it, but also get a history lesson and a stretch of the imagination in the process. Every page brings a smile and respect for the pioneer woman