Table of Contents

Foreword by Timothy Lehman
1. Change and Continuity
2. Why Be a Cattleman?
3. Code of the WEst
4. Live and Let Live
5. The MOderating Hand of Woman
6. The Cult of the Self-Made Man
7. God's Elect
8. Changing Tides of Fortune
9. Land, Labor, and Capital
10. Poker on Joint-Stock Principles
11. The Vanguard of Change
12. Cattleman and Cowboy: Fact and Fancy
13. The Cattleman's Role in American Culture
Notes
Index

About the Author

Lewis Atherton wrote several books on American history, including Main Street on the Middle Border and The Pioneer Merchant in Mid-America. Hewas Professor of History at the University of Missouri, Director of the Western Historical Manuscripts Collection,and the first recipient of the University's Distinguished Faculty Award in 1960.
Timothy Lehman is Professor of History and Political Science at Rocky Mountain College and the author of Public Values, Private Lands: American Farmland Preservation Policy, 1933 and Bloodshed at Little Bighorn: Sitting Bull, Custer, and the Destinies of Nations.

Reviews

"Containing little glamour and much neglected history, this excellent book will appeal to students of the West, Old and New, and to addicts of history who prefer fact to fireworks; it belongs in all comprehensive collections of Western Americana."—Kirkus Reviews
"Stimulating and rewarding."—Indiana Magazine of History
"The new image of the cattle country that emerges from Atherton's pages is no less romantic than the prior stereotype; he writes vividly and describes cattle wars and cowtown disorders with as much gusto as authors unrestrained by the truth."—The Chicago Tribune
"Freshly diverting, smartly written, and probably the best critical review ever presented on this complex subject."—Agricultural History
"Anyone considering American entrepreneurship, social history, or the American West will have to consult it."—Mississippi Valley Historical Review