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Title: The Longhorns by J. Frank Dobie ISBN: 0-292-74627-X Publisher: Univ of Texas Press Pub. Date: 1980 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A History of Longhorn Cattle at the Grass Roots
Comment: J. Frank Dobie spent his life documenting the grassroots history of Texas and this book is probably his finest examples. I've read all of his books and found this one to be the most informative. There's also a wonderful collection of photographs of many of the different variations of horn and hide at the rear of this book. You'll learn how the cattle came north from Mexico in the beginning and how early settlers rooted them out of the thickets of East Texas to start their herds. You'll learn about many of the principal cattlemen of early Texas including their drives north to the Kansas railhead.
If you enjoy Texas history you'll really enjoy this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Tales of Texas
Comment: Frank Dobie, a University of Texas professor, spent years collecting stories of the old southwest. Many are tales that he wrote down of 19th Century life. Several are collected into volumes about important parts of life at the time, including "Longhorns" and "The Mustangs".
They provide great insight into the origin of those animals and their importance to people who lived in those times.
Another excellent Dobie book is "I'll Tell You a Tale," with excerpts from these two books and others. The anthology includes tales of gold, stories of irony, Old West characters, and saddle stories.
Rating: 5
Summary: When Cattle was King
Comment: This book is classic Dobie in style and is "the" book on Texas Longhorns. Dobie takes us through the history of the breed, through the animal, through the men and women that loved, used and abused them, and through the many tales that surround them, both fiction and fact. The animal stands large in this work, but the flavor of the old days, of the hardships, of the ranch life, of the love for the land of the people who lived and died there is a part of it too. For anyone with an interest in this breed, this book is a must read. For anyone else with a feel for the Southwestern United States, Texas, cowboys, or the land, it's time well spent.
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Title: Tales of Old-Time Texas by J. Frank Dobie ISBN: 078581132X Publisher: Book Sales Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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Title: Cow People by J. Frank Dobie ISBN: 0292710607 Publisher: Univ of Texas Press Pub. Date: 1981 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Rattlesnakes by J. Frank Dobie ISBN: 0292770235 Publisher: Univ of Texas Press Pub. Date: 1982 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Legends of Texas: Pirates' Gold and Other Tales by J. Frank Dobie, Frank J. Dobie ISBN: 1565540735 Publisher: Pelican Pub Co Pub. Date: December, 1995 List Price(USD): $4.95 |
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Title: The Mustangs by J. Frank Dobie, Charles Banks Wilson ISBN: 0785811311 Publisher: Book Sales Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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