The Cattle Chronicles: 22 Books to Devour for Anyone Passionate about Livestock
Ranch Adventures, Husbandry Manuals, and the Culture of the American RangeBy Horace Annesley Vachell, B. M. Bower, Vingie E. Roe, Frank Benton, Pratt Food Company, Frank H. Spearman, William Carter Stubbs, George W. Ogden, Florida State Live Stock Association, Honoré Bourguignon, George W. Pope, Willis P. Hazard, Ward J. MacNeal, Charles James Korinek, W. J. Miller, W. C. Kinney, M. E. Friedman, Carlos Rodriguez, N. L. VanDemark, Andy Adams, Frank Webster Farley, Edward Sylvester Ellis, Clarence Young, James Captain Carson
Length117h 17m
About this audiobook
The Cattle Chronicles assembles twenty-two works that map cattle's place in ranching imagination, agricultural science, commerce, and everyday rural life. Its range moves from frontier and range narratives to practical discussions of breeding, feeding, disease, markets, and livestock management. Fictional adventure and regional storytelling stand beside technical manuals, association publications, and industry-oriented texts, making the volume a revealing record of how cattle became both cultural symbol and economic institution. Standout materials include accounts attentive to the drama of the open range as well as sober studies of herd improvement and animal health. The contributors represent a notably broad constellation: western and adventure writers, agricultural educators, veterinarians, breeders, trade advocates, and representatives of livestock organizations. Their combined perspectives situate the collection within the late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century expansion of scientific agriculture, the professionalization of animal husbandry, and the enduring literary mythologies of the American West. Differences in region, vocation, and genre enrich the anthology, revealing tensions between romance and regulation, local knowledge and expert authority, tradition and agricultural modernization. Recommended for readers of rural history, animal studies, western literature, and agricultural practice, this volume offers an unusually capacious introduction to cattle culture. Its juxtaposed voices invite comparison and critical inquiry, providing both educational depth and a vivid dialogue between narrative art, practical expertise, and the changing demands of livestock life.
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GenreTechnology, General Fiction
Length117 hrs 17 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Cowboy Life on the Sidetrack
2Cowboy Life on the Sidetrack
3PREFACE.
4CHAPTER VIII.
5CHAPTER XVI.
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6CHAPTER XX.
7====The====
8Cow-Country
9Cow-Country
10CHAPTER ONE: AN AMBITIOUS MAN-CHILD WAS BUDDY
11CHAPTER FOUR: BUDDY GIVES WARNING
12CHAPTER SEVEN: BUD FLIPS A COIN WITH FATE
13CHAPTER TEN: BUD MEETS THE WOMAN
14CHAPTER THIRTEEN: THE SINKS
15CHAPTER SIXTEEN: WHILE THE GOING'S GOOD
16CHAPTER NINETEEN: BUD RIDES THROUGH CATROCK AND LOSES MARIAN
17Bunch Grass: A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch
18Bunch Grass: A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch
19FOREWORD (pt. 1)
20FOREWORD (pt. 2)
21FOREWORD (pt. 3)
22FOREWORD (pt. 4)
23Wells Brothers: The Young Cattle Kings
24Wells Brothers: The Young Cattle Kings
25CHAPTER I
26CHAPTER IV
27CHAPTER VIII
28>CHAPTER XI
29CHAPTER XV
30CHAPTER XIX
31How to Select Cows or, The Guenon system simplified, explained, and practically applied
32How to Select Cows or, The Guenon system simplified, explained, and practically applied
33PREFACE.
34LECTURES ON THE GUENON SYSTEM.
35GUENON’S INTRODUCTION TO HIS NEW REVISED EDITION.
36GUENON’S METHOD OF JUDGING OF THE VALUE OF STOCK.
37C. L. SHARPLESS ON THE ESCUTCHEON.
38DESCRIPTION OF THE CLASSES AND ORDERS. Prepared by W. P. Hazard, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Guenon Commission.
39ESCUTCHEONS ON BULLS.
40REPORT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GUENON COMMISSION.
41ADDENDA.
42NOTICES OF THE PRESS.
43EXTRACTS FROM THE MUCH LARGER NOTICES OF THE WORK.
44Herd Record of the Association of Breeders of Thorough-Bred Neat Stock
45SHORT HORNS.
46HERD RECORD OF THE ASSOCIATION OF BREEDERS OF Thorough-Bred Neat Stock.
47COWS.
48HERD RECORD OF THE ASSOCIATION OF BREEDERS OF Thorough-Bred Neat Stock.
49PREFACE.
50HERD RECORD OF THE ASSOCIATION OF BREEDERS OF Thorough-Bred Neat Stock.
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