{"product_id":"cattle-kingdom-the-hidden-history-of-the-cowboy-west-paperback","title":"Cattle Kingdom: The Hidden History of the Cowboy West - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Knowlton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The\u003c\/em\u003e best all-around study of the American cowboy ever written. Every page crackles with keen analysis and vivid prose about the Old West. A must-read!\" -- \u003cstrong\u003eDouglas Brinkley, \u003c\/strong\u003eauthor of \u003cem\u003eThe Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The open-range cattle era lasted barely a quarter century, but it left America irrevocably changed. \u003cem\u003eCattle Kingdom\u003c\/em\u003e reveals how the West rose and fell, and how its legacy defines us today. The tale takes us from dust-choked cattle drives to the unlikely splendors of boomtowns like Abilene, Kansas, and Cheyenne, Wyoming. We meet a diverse cast, from cowboy Teddy Blue to failed rancher and future president Teddy Roosevelt. \u003cem\u003eThis\u003c\/em\u003e is a revolutionary new appraisal of the Old West and the America it made. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Knowlton writes well about all the fun stuff: trail drives, rambunctious cow towns, gunfights and range wars . . . [He] enlists all of these tropes in support of an intriguing thesis: that the romance of the Old West arose upon the swelling surface of a giant economic bubble . . . \u003cem\u003eCattle Kingdom\u003c\/em\u003e is \u003cem\u003eThe Great Plains\u003c\/em\u003e by way of \u003cem\u003eThe Big Short\u003c\/em\u003e.\" --\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Knowlton deftly balances close-ups and bird's-eye views. We learn countless details . . . More important, we learn why the story played out as it did.\" --\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The best one-volume history of the legendary era of the cowboy and cattle empires in thirty years.\" -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrue West\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCHRISTOPHER KNOWLTON is a former staff writer and London bureau chief for \u003ci\u003eFortune.\u003c\/i\u003e He spent fifteen years on Wall Street, most of them as president of Knowlton Brothers, Inc., an investment management firm. He is a trustee of the Teton Raptor Center and the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 8.1 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 05, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47400637759666,"sku":"9781328470256","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/31a67b096cc090e0e14df65ceae0a390.webp?v=1778087626","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/cattle-kingdom-the-hidden-history-of-the-cowboy-west-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}