This I Can Leave You: A Woman's Days on the Pitchfork Ranch

By Mamie Sypert Burns

Book Overview

When D Burns arrived at the mighty Pitchfork Ranch as the new manager in 1942, he walked straight into the hostility of a lot of longtime hands who did not want to take orders from an outsider. Gradually, though, D and his wife, Mamie, won allies and made a place for themselves on the historic spread. For the next twenty-three years Mamie jotted down stories about the cowhands, the cooks and gardeners at the Big House, the many guests, and her own lively family.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585440752
• ISBN13: 9781585440757
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"