101 Ranch Horse Tips
101 Ranch Horse Tips

Author: Patrick Hooks

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2006-05-01

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 146174900X

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A well-trained, responsive, and intelligent working cow horse is more than just a pleasure to ride or watch in action; such an animal is an integral part--a prized employee, if you will--of a ranch's workforce. How to find and then educate the horse to work cattle in pens and on the range, to negotiate a variety of terrains, and perform all the other tasks it will be asked to do (under a variety of often adverse conditions) is the subject of this handy guide. For example: Being able to open a gate from horseback is a mandatory job for any cowboy. A good place to introduce the young horse to this experience is by using a gate set up as part of an obstacle course. It is desirable and safer if the gate can swing freely and is without any attachments. Start by simply walking your horse through the gate when it's open. Reaching down and gently swinging the gate as you pass through it is the next step. If your horse is a little spooked by your reaching down, be aware that horses are naturally afraid of tight places. Once your horse can pass through an open gate, then attempt to open a closed gate. Be sure your horse fully understands your hand and leg cues before attempting this step, because he must be able to move off your leg to stand next to the fence, move toward the fence as it swings open to let you pass through, and then move around so you can close it. Written by an experienced rancher and horse trainer, 101 Ranch Horse Tips will show you how to start a young horse or improve an older one with techniques that can apply to performance and enjoyment on or beyond the cattle ranch.

Ranch School 101
Ranch School 101

Author: David R. Stoecklein

Publisher:

Published: 2011-12-20

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781935269212

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This book is a cartoonist's view of what not to do on a ranch. World-renowned cartoonist and rancher Don Gill illustrates cartoons that show ranch mishaps in a funny and informative way; his cartoons will make you laugh but they will also teach you what to do (or rather what not to do) on a ranch. Through his travels and documentation of the West, David R. Stoecklein has witnessed many ranch mishaps. He worked very closely with Don to tell all of the stories that he has personally witnessed, been a part of, or heard around the campfire. This book contains over 120 cartoons and is a must-have for every horseman, rancher, and urban cowboy.

Prep School Cowboys
Prep School Cowboys

Author: Melissa Bingmann

Publisher: UNM Press

Published: 2015-02-01

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0826355447

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Ranch schools in Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Wyoming in the 1920s and 1930s portrayed that the West embodied the moral attributes believed to be lacking in urban America. Advocates of character education saw the courage and self-reliance of the Old West as the qualities necessary to preserve the nation through the next generation. Bingmann uses ranch schools, designed to counteract the problems of inherited wealth, as a lens through which to examine citizenship, class, gender, and region during this era while illustrating that these schools, in transmitting such values to American youth, created a network of elite private schools that gave pampered boys from the urban centers of the Atlantic Seaboard and Great Lakes region the opportunity to grow into gentlemen cowboys ready to take the reins of power in family businesses and government.

The 101 Ranch
The 101 Ranch

Author: Ellsworth Collings

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 1973-02-01

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 9780806110479

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In the first third of the twentieth century, the 101 Real Wild West Show was known halfway round the world. It featured such headliners as Bill Pickett, the African-American inventor of bulldogging, and the future Hollywood film stars Tom Mix, Buck Jones, and Hoot Gibson. What was not so well known abroad was that the show stemmed from a real, working ranch that rivaled the fabled XIT Ranch in the folklore of the West.

Climatological Data
Climatological Data

Author: United States. Weather Bureau

Publisher:

Published: 1950

Total Pages: 526

ISBN-13:

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Collection of the monthly climatological reports of the United States by state or region with monthly and annual National summaries.

Atomic Fragments
Atomic Fragments

Author: Mary Palevsky

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2000-06-29

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9780520923652

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More than most of us, Mary Palevsky needed to come to terms with the moral complexities of the atomic bomb: Her parents worked on its development during World War II and were profoundly changed by that experience. After they died, unanswered questions sent their daughter on a search for understanding. This compelling, sometimes heart-wrenching chronicle is the story of that quest. It takes her, and us, on a journey into the minds, memories, and emotions of the bomb builders. Scientists Hans Bethe, Edward Teller, Joseph Rotblat, Herbert York, Philip Morrison, and Robert Wilson, and philosopher David Hawkins responded to Palevsky's personal approach in a way that dramatically expands their previously published statements. Her skill and passion as an interlocutor prompt these men to recall their lives vividly and to reexamine their own decisions, debating within themselves the complex issues raised by the bomb. The author herself, seeking to comprehend the widely differing ways in which individual scientists made choices about the bomb and made sense of their work, deeply reconsiders those questions of commitment and conscience her parents faced. In personal vignettes that complement the interviews, she captures other remembrances of the bomb through commemorative events and chance encounters with people who were "there." Her concluding chapter reframes the crucial moral questions in terms that show the questions themselves to be the abiding legacy we all share. This beautifully written book bridges generations to make its readers participants in the ongoing dialogue about science and philosophy, war and peace.

Handbook of American Private Schools
Handbook of American Private Schools

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1916

Total Pages: 616

ISBN-13:

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This handbook aims to be a guide to the best private schools of the country. It has been undertaken with the parent especially in mind, but it is hoped that it may be of value to school and college authorities and all others interested in the subject. It is believed that this Handbook is the first volume which attempts a critical and discriminating treatment of the private schools of the country. It is an endeavor to classify the schools on their merits -- at least a step, it is hoped, toward eventual standardization. - Editor's foreword.