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The Buffalo head / R. M. Patterson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Patterson, R. M. (Raymond M.), author.
- Series:
- Patterson, R. M. (Raymond Murray), 1898-1984. R.M. Patterson collection.
- R.M. Patterson collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ranch life--Alberta.
- Ranch life.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (270 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st TouchWood ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Victoria ; Vancouver ; Calgary : TouchWood Editions, [2005]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The wildest, loveliest and least-travelled region of Alberta was R.M. Patterson's home territory in the 1930s and '40s. The Buffalo Head ranch was located in the foothills of the majestic Canadian Rockies. With the mountains as a backdrop, this dude ranch hosted visitors from around the world. Patterson bought it from its founder, a wild Italian named George Pocaterra, and explored the steep valleys and high mountain passes. Patterson's tales of the ranch in The Buffalo Head culminate with a fantastic story of meeting a growling grizzly while crossing the Continental Divide in an October snowstorm.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part One: Destination Unknown
- 1: Growing Pains
- The Upland Road
- The Higher Education
- Inside, Looking Out
- Schweidnitz
- 2: Outward Bound
- Anzeindaz
- Desert of Stone
- Peace River
- Loup Garou
- Venture to the North
- Part Two: The Rocky Mountains
- 3: The Old Days
- To the Heart of the Mountains
- Nyahé-ya-'nibi
- Goat in the Sky
- The Pass in the Clouds (1)
- Tale of a Game Warden
- 4: Bright Morning
- Construction Period
- Driving Cattle
- The Valley of the South Fork
- Bull Creek
- 5: High Noon
- Dude Wrangling
- The Elk Trail
- The Hill of the Flowers
- The Roof of America
- 6: The Fiery Cloud
- Fire over the Foothills
- The Rock Paintings
- Chaos
- Grass
- Counting the Losses
- 7: Gone West
- Wartime
- Rex and Mollie
- The Pass in the Clouds (2)
- Travellers in the Snow
- The Kootenay
- Endnotes
- Glossary
- Index
- The Author.
- Notes:
- Originally published: New York : Morrow, 1961.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-927129-56-7
- 1-926971-35-3
- 1-4593-3127-3
- OCLC:
- 1043642340
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