Frontier Cattle Ranching in the Land and Times of Charlie Russell

Elofson, Warren

ISBN 10: 0773527036 / ISBN 13: 9780773527034

Published by McGill-Queen's University Press 2004, 2004

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Fine hard cover copy in like dust jacket. 264 p.

Seller Inventory # 63194

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Frontier Cattle Ranching in the Land and Times of Charlie Russell
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press 2004
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0773527036
• ISBN 13: 9780773527034
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • 17/03/06

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Synopsis

In Frontier Cattle Ranching in the Land and Times of Charlie Russell, Warren Elofson debunks the myth of the American "wild west" and the Canadian "mild west" by demonstrating that cattlemen on both sides of the forty-ninth parallel shared a common experience. Focusing on Montana, Southern Alberta, Southern Saskatchewan, and the well-known figure of Charlie Russell - an artist and storyteller from that era who spent time on both sides of the border - Elofson examines the lives of cowboys and ranch owners, looking closely at the prevalence of drunkenness, prostitution, gunplay, rustling, and vigilante justice in both Canada and the United States.

About the Author

Warren M. Elofson, a former rancher in Alberta, is professor of history at the University of Calgary and the author of Cowboys, Gentlemen, and Cattle Thieves and Somebody Else's Money.