Cattlemen

Mari Sandoz (1896–1966) is the noted author of Old Jules, The Buffalo Hunters, and The Beaver Men: Spearheads of Empire, all available in Bison Books editions. Ron Hull, president emeritus of the Mari Sandoz Heritage Society, is senior advisor to Nebraska Educational Telecommunications and professor emeritus of broadcasting at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

"This thundering book by the author of Old Jules is the story of the vast cattle industry of the American West; stupendous in length, concept, and achievement, it is the result of a lifetime of knowledge and research. . . . The whole story is here, long but never dull, written with humor and understatement."—Kirkus "Here, tough as whang leather, nourishing as pemmican, turbulent as Dodge City on a Saturday night in the late 1870s, is what time may well decide is the definitive history of the founding and flourishing of the cattle industry on this continent. . . . This splendid book says more (and says it better) about the most romantic figures of the old West than dozens of other books that have ranged over this familiar ground. Mari Sandoz has given herself room to move with tremendous drive and scholarship."—Victor P. Hass, Chicago Sunday Tribune "Drawing the fullest flavor from her expert descriptive technique, Mari Sandoz has written a regional history to stand among the best of its kind."—Library Journal "[The Cattlemen] is full of colorful anecdotes, many from the 19th Century, and holds fascination for anyone interested in cattle drives, cattle ranching, or the Wild West."—Kirk Zebolsky, Omaha Literature Examiner

• IntroductionAcknowledgmentsForewordBook I. The Reluctant Immigrant1. First Cow upon the Plains2. Noble Ancestry3. The Cow Walks AgainBook II. Individual Ranch Spreads1. Some Dedicated Men2. Pulling for New Grass3. The Moving Trails4. The Indian Summer of Old Dodge5. Deepening DedicationBook III. Organizations, Corporations, and Buggy Bosses1. Desciples under the Oak and the Cottonwood2. The Bonanza3. The Big Die-Ups4. The National Trail5. Of the Giants -- The XITBook IV. Private Empire1. The Threat2. Stetsoned Crusaders3. Scattered to the Winds4. Cow Horse and Betting Blood5. Kings of the Fenced RangeBook V. Beef Factories and Festivals1. New Breed--2. Ritual and RestorationNotesBibliographyIndex