Texas Woollybacks

Texas Woollybacks
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Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Total Pages : 340
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ISBN-10 : 9781623495077
ISBN-13 : 1623495075
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Book Synopsis Texas Woollybacks by : Paul H. Carlson

Download or read book Texas Woollybacks written by Paul H. Carlson and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2016-06-06 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a new epilogue to carry the story to the present, Paul Carlson engagingly chronicles the development of the range sheep and goat industry from Spanish times to about 1930, when widespread use of mesh-wire fences brought an end to the open-range management of sheep and goat ranches in Texas. “This well-written and thoroughly researched book will invariably be appreciated by those individuals interested in southwestern and agricultural history.”—Journal of American History “This volume is impressive in the array and quality of information presented concerning the sheep and goat industry in Texas.”—Western Historical Quarterly “. . . a comprehensive, well-organized, and easily read treatment of a subject comparatively neglected by historians of the American livestock industry."—Great Plains Quarterly “. . . employs a down-to-earth yet scholarly approach to give us a highly readable, very informative book on a neglected subject . . . accuracy, insight, and readability make Texas Woollybacks an excellent book.”—Southwest Chronicle


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