In this Book
- Texas Woollybacks: The Range Sheep and Goat Industry
- Book
- 2016
- Published by: Texas A&M University Press
summary
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
“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
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. i-vi
- List of Illustrations
- pp. ix-x
- List of Tables
- pp. xi-xii
- 1. The Spanish Period
- pp. 3-17
- 2. The Early American Period
- pp. 18-35
- 3. George Wilkins Kendall
- pp. 36-47
- 4. The Rio Grande Plain
- pp. 48-65
- 5. The Texas Sheep Boom
- pp. 66-85
- 6. The Panhandle Pastores
- pp. 86-100
- 7. The Edwards Plateau
- pp. 101-120
- 8. William Leslie Black
- pp. 121-132
- 9. The Sheep-Trailing Industry
- pp. 133-151
- 10. The Trans-Pecos
- pp. 152-168
- 11. The Sheep Wars
- pp. 169-187
- 12. The Early Twentieth Century
- pp. 188-204
- Bibliography
- pp. 215-224
Additional Information
ISBN
9781623495077
Related ISBN(s)
9780890961339
MARC Record
OCLC
44956826
Pages
262
Launched on MUSE
2017-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No