My Flint Hills : Observations and Reminiscences from America's Last Tallgrass Prairie /

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"This is a short essay collection that, much like the author, wears many hats: it combines Kansas history, memoir, environmental history and conservation, and regional folklore. Jim's family has ranched in the Flint Hills since the 1870s and continues to do so to this day, both at Jim'...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hoy, James F. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2020]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Rural conditions.
Ranching.
Ranchers.
Ranch life.
Ranching > Flint Hills (Kan. and Okla.)
Ranch life > Flint Hills (Kan. and Okla.) > Anecdotes.
Ranchers > Flint Hills (Kan. and Okla.) > Biography.
United States > Flint Hills.
Flint Hills (Kan. and Okla.) > Biography.
Flint Hills (Kan. and Okla.) > History.
Flint Hills (Kan. and Okla.) > Rural conditions > Anecdotes.
Biographies.
History.
Anecdotes.
Informational works.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Machine generated contents note: Riding Out: Introduction
  • Like No Other Place on Earth
  • My Flint Hills
  • Into the Hills
  • The Flying H Ranch
  • Kenneth and Marshall
  • Grandma Breidenstein and Grandma Hoy
  • Cattle
  • Changes in Flint Hills Ranching
  • Wild Cattle and Outlaw Steers
  • Liggett Cattle Drive
  • Checking Brands
  • Weaning Calves
  • Why Shipping?
  • Horses
  • Catching Horses
  • Horseshoeing
  • Horse Traders
  • Horse Thieves and Vigilantes
  • Winter Horses
  • Some Ranches
  • Rogler Ranch
  • Clover Cliff Ranch
  • Sauble Ranch
  • Spring Hill Ranch and the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
  • On the Road
  • Transportation and Status
  • Farm Trucks and Stock Trailers
  • Cattle Country Road Etiquette
  • Life Around Cassoday
  • Bruce Behymer
  • May Memories
  • Central
  • Opal's Cafe
  • Conway Springs
  • Basketball at Cassoday High
  • Hometown Stories
  • Nature
  • Coon Hunting
  • Bumblebees
  • Badgers
  • Flies and Screwworms
  • Coyotes
  • A Bit about Birds
  • The Green Glacier
  • Konza Prairie Biological Station
  • Water and Water Witches
  • Some Thoughts on Drouth
  • Let There Be Night
  • Legends and Tales
  • Preston Plumb
  • French Frank
  • Yeager's Raid
  • Knute Rockne
  • Maud Wagner
  • Three Flint Hills Cowgirls
  • Rufe King
  • Scatterings
  • The Flint Hills and Hollywood
  • High Culture in the Flint Hills
  • Dirt
  • Folk Signs
  • Flint Hills Rock Signs
  • Jake Leg
  • Cattle Guards
  • Riding Back: Conclusion
  • Summer a Horseback.

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