Frontier Cattle Ranching in the Land and Times of Charlie Russell

Elofson, Warren M.

McGill-Queen's University Press（2011/09発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 266 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780773539204
• DDC分類 978.601

Full Description

In Frontier Cattle Ranching in the Land and Times of Charlie Russell, Warren Elofson debunks the myth of the American "wild west" and the Canadian "mild west" by demonstrating that cattlemen on both sides of the forty-ninth parallel shared a common experience. Focusing on Montana, Southern Alberta, Southern Saskatchewan, and the well-known figure of Charlie Russell - an artist and storyteller from that era who spent time on both sides of the border - Elofson examines the lives of cowboys and ranch owners, looking closely at the prevalence of drunkenness, prostitution, gunplay, rustling, and vigilante justice in both Canada and the United States.

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"Elofson makes a significant contribution to the literature on the ranching frontier. At the same time, he adds a new facet to the important debate on the differences and similarities of Canadian and United States societies." Andy den Otter, Department of History, Memorial University of Newfoundland