
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 CarsonLength117h 20m
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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 20 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 4, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Cowboy Life on the Sidetrack
2PREFACE.
3CHAPTER VIII.
4CHAPTER XVI.
5CHAPTER XX.
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7Cow-Country
8CHAPTER ONE: AN AMBITIOUS MAN-CHILD WAS BUDDY
9CHAPTER FOUR: BUDDY GIVES WARNING
10CHAPTER SEVEN: BUD FLIPS A COIN WITH FATE
11CHAPTER TEN: BUD MEETS THE WOMAN
12CHAPTER THIRTEEN: THE SINKS
13CHAPTER SIXTEEN: WHILE THE GOING'S GOOD
14CHAPTER NINETEEN: BUD RIDES THROUGH CATROCK AND LOSES MARIAN
15Bunch Grass: A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch
16FOREWORD (pt. 1)
17FOREWORD (pt. 2)
18FOREWORD (pt. 3)
19FOREWORD (pt. 4)
20Wells Brothers: The Young Cattle Kings
21Wells Brothers: The Young Cattle Kings
22CHAPTER I
23CHAPTER IV
24CHAPTER VIII
25>CHAPTER XI
26CHAPTER XV
27CHAPTER XIX
28How to Select Cows or, The Guenon system simplified, explained, and practically applied
29PREFACE.
30LECTURES ON THE GUENON SYSTEM.
31GUENON’S INTRODUCTION TO HIS NEW REVISED EDITION.
32GUENON’S METHOD OF JUDGING OF THE VALUE OF STOCK.
33C. L. SHARPLESS ON THE ESCUTCHEON.
34DESCRIPTION OF THE CLASSES AND ORDERS. Prepared by W. P. Hazard, Secretary of the Pennsylvania Guenon Commission.
35ESCUTCHEONS ON BULLS.
36REPORT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GUENON COMMISSION.
37ADDENDA.
38NOTICES OF THE PRESS.
39EXTRACTS FROM THE MUCH LARGER NOTICES OF THE WORK.
40Herd Record of the Association of Breeders of Thorough-Bred Neat Stock
41SHORT HORNS.
42HERD RECORD OF THE ASSOCIATION OF BREEDERS OF Thorough-Bred Neat Stock.
43COWS.
44HERD RECORD OF THE ASSOCIATION OF BREEDERS OF Thorough-Bred Neat Stock.
45PREFACE.
46HERD RECORD OF THE ASSOCIATION OF BREEDERS OF Thorough-Bred Neat Stock.
47POINTS OF EXCELLENCE
48COWS. (pt. 1)
49COWS. (pt. 2)
50Pratt's Practical Pointers on the Care of Livestock and Poultry