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Fred Barton and the warlords' horses of China : how an American cowboy brought the Old West to the Far East / Larry Weirather.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weirather, Larry, 1944- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Barton, Fred, 1889-1967.
- Barton, Fred.
- Barton, Fred, 1889-1967--Travel--China.
- Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918--Friends and associates.
- Nicholas.
- Cowboys--Russia (Federation)--Siberia--Biography.
- Cowboys.
- Horse breeders--Russia (Federation)--Siberia--Biography.
- Horse breeders.
- Americans--Russia (Federation)--Siberia--Biography.
- Americans.
- Warlordism--China--History--20th century.
- Warlordism.
- Ranch life--Russia (Federation)--Siberia--History.
- Ranch life.
- Intelligence officers--United States--Biography.
- Intelligence officers.
- Cowboys--Montana--Miles City--Biography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (235 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Montana cowboy Fred Barton was employed by Czar Nicholas II to help establish a horse ranch in Siberia to supply the Russian military. Barton became part of an unofficial U.S. intelligence network in the Far East, bred a new type of horse from Russian, Mongolian and American stock and promoted the lifestyle of the open range cowboy"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Fort Keogh days, 1889/1905
- A young bronc peeler in Miles City, 1905/1911
- Vladivostok and the world's largest horse ranch, 1911/1912
- "Smoke 'em if you've got 'em" : the British-American Tobacco Co., 1912/1916
- Horses for the warlords : the longest horse drive, 1917
- 15th Infantry cowboys and U.S. intelligence, 1917
- Khabarovsk, Siberia to Hilar, Manchuria, 1917
- Hilar, Manchuria to Urga, Mongolia, 1917
- Across the Gobi : Urga to Kalgan, 1917
- Final leg : Kalgan to Taiyuanfu, 1917
- Montana cowboys in the Celestial Empire, 1918/1920
- When to hold 'em, when to fold 'em, 1920/1937
- Poor little rich boy and Princess Xenia, 1920
- The many wives of a lifelong bachelor, here and abroad
- Life without warlords : C.M. Russell and the Fred Barton Museum of the Old West, 1937/1967
- Barton and the Hollywood cowboys
- Ruminating on guys, gussies, and morons at trail's end
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-2079-2
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