{"product_id":"9781328470256","title":"Cattle Kingdom: The Hidden History of the Cowboy West","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eKnowlton, Christopher\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e6\/5\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cem\u003e“The\u003c\/em\u003e best all-around study of the American cowboy ever written. Every page crackles with keen analysis and vivid prose about the Old West. A must-read!” — \u003cstrong\u003eDouglas Brinkley, \u003c\/strong\u003eauthor of \u003cem\u003eThe Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The open-range cattle era lasted barely a quarter century, but it left America irrevocably changed. \u003cem\u003eCattle Kingdom\u003c\/em\u003e reveals how the West rose and fell, and how its legacy defines us today. The tale takes us from dust-choked cattle drives to the unlikely splendors of boomtowns like Abilene, Kansas, and Cheyenne, Wyoming. We meet a diverse cast, from cowboy Teddy Blue to failed rancher and future president Teddy Roosevelt. \u003cem\u003eThis\u003c\/em\u003e is a revolutionary new appraisal of the Old West and the America it made.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Knowlton writes well about all the fun stuff: trail drives, rambunctious cow towns, gunfights and range wars . . . [He] enlists all of these tropes in support of an intriguing thesis: that the romance of the Old West arose upon the swelling surface of a giant economic bubble . . . \u003cem\u003eCattle Kingdom\u003c\/em\u003e is \u003cem\u003eThe Great Plains\u003c\/em\u003e by way of \u003cem\u003eThe Big Short\u003c\/em\u003e.” —\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Knowlton deftly balances close-ups and bird’s-eye views. We learn countless details . . . More important, we learn why the story played out as it did.” —\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “The best one-volume history of the legendary era of the cowboy and cattle empires in thirty years.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTrue West\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46830219690239,"sku":"9781328470256","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781328470256_s600x595.jpg?v=1780334186","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781328470256","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}