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Theodore Roosevelt's Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail
Before he ascended to the highest office in the land as the United States youngest president, Theodore Roosevelt, with illustrations by Frederic Remington, though a New York City man born and bred, was a devotee of the Old West. In 1888, he published this charming ode to the American frontier, from the rewarding hard work of a rancher on the open plains to the pleasures of hunting the big game of mountains high. Today, the inimitable prose and infectious enthusiasm of Roosevelts writing here serves as much to limn a unique aspect of the character of the nation as it sings an elegy for a disappearing way of life. Includes numerous illustrations by Frederic Remington. Also available from Cosim...
Brutes In Suits
“[A] vivid, massively researched history of ‘hyper-masculine’ sensibility . . . An instructive and provocative view of men’s dark side.” —Peter Filene, Men and Masculinities Are men truly predisposed to violence and aggression? Is it the biological fate of males to struggle for domination over women and vie against one another endlessly? These and related queries have long vexed philosophers, social scientists, and other students of human behavior. In Brutes in Suits, historian John Pettegrew examines theoretical writings and cultural traditions in the United States to find that, Darwinian arguments to the contrary, masculine aggression can be interpreted as a modern strategy for...
Again and Again
Jasmine Montgomery had a temper! It got her in to trouble sometimes. In fact, it had cost her a job on more than one occasion. That was unfortunate, as she struggled to finish school while supporting herself. All that changed when a dreamy man offered her the perfect job. He was a very attractive, easygoing, well-mannered gentleman who took an immediate interest in her. It was perfect, until she found out Trent had a real aversion to temper tantrums and held people accountable for what they did. While that was new to her and hard to get used to, she loved the way he protected her and made her feel safe and very happy. When she found herself in the center of an unthinkable scandal, she had to rely on that safe feeling and trust Trent to find her and protect her one more time.
Contemporary Ranches of Texas
Discusses 16 working ranches across Texas. Alta Vista, Canales, Catarina, O'Connor and Ray in South Texas; R.A. Brown, Chimney Creek, Goodnight, J. A, Moorhouse, Nail and Renderbrook Spade in the Panhandle; and Northwest Texas; and Hendrson Cove, Hudspeth River, Long X and Hoskins 101 in The Trans-Pecos.
The Great Plains
A study of the changes initiated into the systems and culture of the plain dwellers
