Ranch life and the hunting-trail / by Theodore Roosevelt author of "Hunting Trips of a Ranchman," president of the Boone and Crockett Club of New-York, honorary member of the London Alpine Club, etc. etc. ; illustrated by Frederic Remington.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, author.

Contributor:

Remington, Frederic, 1861-1909, illustrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919--Homes and haunts--North Dakota.

Roosevelt, Theodore.

Ranch life--West (U.S.).

Ranch life.

Cowboys--West (U.S.).

Cowboys.

Frontier and pioneer life--West (U.S.).

Frontier and pioneer life.

Hunting--West (U.S.).

Hunting.

North Dakota--History.

North Dakota.

West (U.S.)--Description and travel.

West (U.S.).

Ranch life--North Dakota.

Cowboys--North Dakota.

Hunting--North Dakota.

West (U.S.)--History--1860-1890.

Physical Description:

5 preliminary leaves, 186 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : frontispiece, illustrations ; 27 cm

Other Title:

Theodore Roosevelt's ranch life and the hunting trail : with ninety-four illustrations by Frederic Remington.

Place of Publication:

New York : The Century Co., 1899.

Summary:

Records what President Theodore Roosevelt saw, heard, and did after purchasing Elkhorn Ranch in North Dakota and living in the West.

Contents:

The cattle country of the far West

Out on the range

The home ranch

The round-up

Winter weather

Frontier types

Red and white on the border

Sheriff's work on a ranch

The ranchman's rifle on crag and prairie

The wapiti, or round-horned elk

The big-horn sheep

The game of the high peaks : the white goat.

Notes:

Reprint. Originally published: New York : The Century Co., 1888.

OCLC:

12068760