The Thirtieth anniversary edition of THE Kansas cult novel--a wild romp across 1970s Kansas--with a new foreword by Howard Lamar, new afterword by the author, and a reprinted essay, "The Last Cattle Drive Stampede," that is a send-up of some of Hollywood's feckless attempts to make a move based on the popular novel.

Adventures on the trail as Teddy Abbott learns how to be a wrangler.

Draws from personal accounts to describe the fictional experiences of a fifteen-year-old cowhand who travels along the Chisholm Trail on a cattle drive.

Would you have enjoyed being a cattle rancher during the 1860s? How about a cowhand? Perhaps you'll find the answer in this book as you read about the history of the early cattle trails and the day-to-day life of a cowhand. Lasting only 28 years, the golden age of cattle drives remains one of the most exciting and adventurous chapters in the history of the United States!

Two cows, Mabel and Molly, take the farmer's truck and go for an eventful joyride into town.

Head 'em up, move 'em out! Saddle up for the first full-length account of one of the most authentic and enduring western series in television history: Rawhide! Including: * Foreword by Charles Gray * Cast biographies * Production details * Summaries of all 217 episodes with broadcast dates, directors, writers and guest stars * 49 photographs * Interview with frequent guest star Gregory Walcott * Full index

“The 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!” — Douglas Brinkley, author of The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America The open-range cattle era lasted barely a quarter century, but it left America irrevocably changed. Cattle Kingdom 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. This is a revolutionary new appraisal of the Old West and the America it made. “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 . . . Cattle Kingdom is The Great Plains by way of The Big Short.” — Wall Street Journal “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.” — New York Times Book Review “The best one-volume history of the legendary era of the cowboy and cattle empires in thirty years.” — True West