Once in the Saddle: The Cowboy's Frontier, 1866-1896

by Laurence Ivan Seidman

Book Overview

This text provides a narrative history of the cowboy's real life in the American West. The cowboy didn't evolve, but his job was created specifically by the demand for cheap, efficiently transported meat to feed the working masses in late 19th-century industrial cities.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081603091X
• ISBN13: 9780816030910
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Facts on File
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"