How to get rich on a Texas cattle drive [electronic resource] : in which I tell the honest truth about rampaging rustlers, stampeding steers, & other fateful hazards on the wild Chisholm Trail /
Olson, Tod.
How to get rich on a Texas cattle drive in which I tell the honest truth about rampaging rustlers, stampeding steers, & other fateful hazards on the wild Chisholm Trail / [electronic resource] : [Tod Olson ; illustrations by Scott Allred and Gregory Proch]. - Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2010. - 1 online resource (47 p.) : ill. (some col.), col. maps, ports.
OSLIS\Gale Nat Geo eBooks(2/2/23).
Includes bibliographical references.
Why I was born to be a cowboy -- Trail calls and I answer -- I wrestle an "alligator" and join an outfit -- We encounter a migration of Indians -- Running Rooster Ranch, September 1877 -- I am tested and pass with bruises to show for it -- I learn the tricks of the trade on roundup -- I am broken in by life on the trail -- I make my debut performance as a trail boss -- We prepare for Indian attack but meet none -- Stampede along the Cimarron River, August 1878 -- Cause of the stampede is discovered but not proved -- We meet the good farmers of Kansas and are treated as trespassers -- Dodge City, Kansas, September 1878 -- Dodge City is seized by a fear of Indians -- I get an accounting and some hard advice -- We try to make the most of our wanderings -- Buffalo Bill's Wild West, Omaha Fairgrounds, May 19, 1883 -- We do our roping and riding on stage -- Afterword: A.J. "Little John" Larken's Wild West / Marc Aronson.
An account based on the experiences of historical cowhands follows the experiences of a 15-year-old rider on the famous Chisholm Trail, who good-naturedly describes his fortune-seeking efforts to drive cattle despite numerous dangerous obstacles.
9781426305245 1426305249 9781426305252 1426305257
Cattle trails--History--West (U.S.)--19th century--Juvenile literature.
Cattle drives--History--West (U.S.)--19th century--Juvenile literature.
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)--Juvenile literature.
Cattle trails--History--West (U.S.)--19th century.
Cattle drives--History--West (U.S.)--19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)
Chisholm Trail--Juvenile literature.
West (U.S.)--History--19th century--Juvenile literature.
Chisholm Trail.
West (U.S.)--History--19th century.
Electronic books- OSLIS.
Electronic books.
F596 / .O62 2010eb
978/.02
How to get rich on a Texas cattle drive in which I tell the honest truth about rampaging rustlers, stampeding steers, & other fateful hazards on the wild Chisholm Trail / [electronic resource] : [Tod Olson ; illustrations by Scott Allred and Gregory Proch]. - Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2010. - 1 online resource (47 p.) : ill. (some col.), col. maps, ports.
OSLIS\Gale Nat Geo eBooks(2/2/23).
Includes bibliographical references.
Why I was born to be a cowboy -- Trail calls and I answer -- I wrestle an "alligator" and join an outfit -- We encounter a migration of Indians -- Running Rooster Ranch, September 1877 -- I am tested and pass with bruises to show for it -- I learn the tricks of the trade on roundup -- I am broken in by life on the trail -- I make my debut performance as a trail boss -- We prepare for Indian attack but meet none -- Stampede along the Cimarron River, August 1878 -- Cause of the stampede is discovered but not proved -- We meet the good farmers of Kansas and are treated as trespassers -- Dodge City, Kansas, September 1878 -- Dodge City is seized by a fear of Indians -- I get an accounting and some hard advice -- We try to make the most of our wanderings -- Buffalo Bill's Wild West, Omaha Fairgrounds, May 19, 1883 -- We do our roping and riding on stage -- Afterword: A.J. "Little John" Larken's Wild West / Marc Aronson.
An account based on the experiences of historical cowhands follows the experiences of a 15-year-old rider on the famous Chisholm Trail, who good-naturedly describes his fortune-seeking efforts to drive cattle despite numerous dangerous obstacles.
9781426305245 1426305249 9781426305252 1426305257
Cattle trails--History--West (U.S.)--19th century--Juvenile literature.
Cattle drives--History--West (U.S.)--19th century--Juvenile literature.
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)--Juvenile literature.
Cattle trails--History--West (U.S.)--19th century.
Cattle drives--History--West (U.S.)--19th century.
Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.)
Chisholm Trail--Juvenile literature.
West (U.S.)--History--19th century--Juvenile literature.
Chisholm Trail.
West (U.S.)--History--19th century.
Electronic books- OSLIS.
Electronic books.
F596 / .O62 2010eb
978/.02