The XIT Ranch of Texas and the Early Days of the Llano Estacado
by J. Evetts Haley
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- Paperback
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0806114282
- ISBN 13
- 9780806114286
- Seller
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About This Item
Norman, OK : University of Oklahoma Press, 1977 University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK. 1977. Softcover/Trade Wraps. This book is a Print on Demand facsimile copy of the 1977 paperback edition by OU Press. Volume 34 in the Western Frontier Library. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: New. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 258 pp 8vo. Among the famous ranch brands of Texas are the T Anchor, JA, Diamond Tail, 777, Bar C, and XIT. And the greatest of these was XIT—The XIT Ranch of Texas. It was not the first ranch in West Texas, but after its formation in the eighteen-eighties it became the largest single operation in the cow country of the Old West and covered more than three million acres, all fenced. The state of Texas patented this huge rectangle of land, at the time considered by many to be part of "the great American desert," to the Capitol Freehold Land and Investment Company of Chicago, in exchange for funds to erect the state capitol building in Austin. This "desert" became a legend in the cattle business, and it remains today a memory to thousands who recall the era when mustangs and longhorns grazed beneath the brand of the XIT. The development and operation of this pastoral enterprise and its relation to the history of Texas is the subject of this great and widely discussed book by J. Evetts Haley, now made available to readers every· where. It is the story of a wild prairie, roamed by Indians, buffalo, mustangs, and antelope, that became a country of railroads, oil fields, prosperous farms, and carefully bred herds of cattle. The XIT Ranch of Texas is the epic account of a ranching operation about which many know a little but only a few very much. It is the one volume that, more than any other, portrays the early-day cattle business of the West. A clean pristine copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014841
- Title
- The XIT Ranch of Texas and the Early Days of the Llano Estacado
- Author
- J. Evetts Haley
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0806114282
- ISBN 13
- 9780806114286
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Place of Publication
- Norman, OK
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- XIT Ranch, West Texas, Cattle Business, cattle ranch, cowboys, Great plains, Great American Desert, ranching operation, Freehold Land and Investment Company of Chicago,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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