Mustang

Mustang

Author: Deanne Stillman

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2009-06-01

Total Pages: 371

ISBN-13: 054752613X

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“A fascinating narrative with all the grace and power embodied in the wild horses that once populated the Western range . . . [A] magnificently told saga.” —Albuquerque Journal A Los Angeles Times Best Nonfiction Book of the Year Mustang is the sweeping story of the wild horse in the culture, history, and popular imagination of the American West. It follows the wild horse across time, from its evolutionary origins on this continent to its return with the conquistadors, its bloody battles on the old frontier, its iconic status in Buffalo Bill shows and early westerns, and its plight today as it makes its last stand on the vanishing range. With the Bureau of Land Management proposing to euthanize thousands of horses and ever-encroaching development threatening the land, the mustang’s position has never been more perilous. But as Stillman reveals, the horses are still running wild despite all the obstacles, with spirit unbroken. Hailed by critics nationwide, Mustang is “brisk, smart, thorough, and surprising” (Atlantic Monthly). “Like the best nonfiction writers of our time (Jon Krakauer and Bruce Chatwin come to mind), Stillman’s prose is inviting, her voice authoritative and her vision imaginative and impressively broad.” —Los Angeles Times “Powerful . . . Stillman’s talent as a writer makes this impossible [to stop reading], to the mustang’s benefit.” —Orion “A circumspect writer passionate about her purpose can produce a significant gift for readers. Stillman’s wonderful chronicle of America’s mustangs is an excellent example.” —The Seattle Times


Man-hunters of the Old West

Man-hunters of the Old West

Author: Robert K. DeArment

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 343

ISBN-13: 0806160616

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Noted western historian Robert K. DeArment recounts the remarkable careers of eight men--Pat Garrett, John Hughes, Harry Love, Harry Morse, Frank Norfleet, Bass Reeves, Granville Stuart, and Tom Tobin--who pursued notorious criminals.


Shelby Mustang

Shelby Mustang

Author: Tom Corcoran

Publisher:

Published:

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 9781610591799

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Design, production, and service histories of our most popular subjects combined with top-notch color photograph.


Longarm 255: Longarm and the Mustang Maiden

Longarm 255: Longarm and the Mustang Maiden

Author: Tabor Evans

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2000-02-01

Total Pages: 151

ISBN-13: 1101178981

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Five killer outlaws, one killer beauty, and a night Longarm will never forget... Longarm's trapped up in the Ruby Mountains with a bad spell of amnesia—and a woman too wild to ever forget. And until Longarm gets his senses back, he's got no choice but to trust her—before the Haskill Gang gives him a new memory...his last.


Last Chance Mustang

Last Chance Mustang

Author: Mitchell Bornstein

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2015-06-23

Total Pages: 317

ISBN-13: 1250059410

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The story of one horse, one horseman, and one final shot at redemption.


A Hundred Years of Texas Waterfowl Hunting

A Hundred Years of Texas Waterfowl Hunting

Author: R. K. Sawyer

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press

Published: 2012-07-13

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 1603447636

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The days are gone when seemingly limitless numbers of canvasbacks, mallards, and Canada geese filled the skies above the Texas coast. Gone too are the days when, in a single morning, hunters often harvested ducks, shorebirds, and other waterfowl by the hundreds. The hundred-year period from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries brought momentous changes in attitudes and game laws: changes initially prompted by sportsmen who witnessed the disappearance of both the birds and their spectacular habitat. These changes forever affected the state’s storied hunting culture. Yet, as R. K. Sawyer discovered, the rich lore and reminiscences of the era’s hunters and guides who plied the marshy haunts from Beaumont to Brownsville, though fading, remain a colorful and essential part of the Texas outdoor heritage. Gleaned from interviews with sportsmen and guides of decades past as well as meticulous research in news archives, Sawyer’s vivid documentation of Texas’ deep-rooted waterfowl hunting tradition is accompanied by a superb collection of historical and modern photographs. He showcases the hunting clubs, the decoys, the duck and goose calls, the equipment, and the unique hunting practices of the period. By preserving this account of a way of life and a coastal environment that have both mostly vanished, A Hundred Years of Texas Waterfowl Hunting also pays tribute to the efforts of all those who fought to ensure that Texas’ waterfowl legacy would endure. This book will aid their efforts, along with those of coastal residents, birders, wildlife biologists, conservationists, and all who are interested in the state’s natural history and in championing the preservation of waterfowl and wetland resources for the benefit of future generations.


The Young lion Hunter

The Young lion Hunter

Author: Zane Grey

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2021-11-09

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13:

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The Young Lion Hunter by Zane Grey is the story of a group of cowboys fighting to reduce the lion population in Arizona. Excerpt: "Dick, I shore will be glad to see Ken," said Jim Williams, in his lazy drawl. "I reckon you'll be, too?" Jim's cool and careless way of saying things sometimes irritated me. Glad to see Ken Ward! I was crazy to see the lad. "Jim, what you know about being glad to see anyone isn't a whole lot," I replied. "You've been a Texan ranger all your life. I've only been out here in this wild, forsaken country for three years. Ken Ward is from my home in Pennsylvania. He probably saw my mother the day he left to come West...Glad to see him? Say!"