{"product_id":"cattle-kingdom-the-hidden-history-of-the-cowboy-west-9781328470256","title":"Cattle Kingdom: The Hidden History of the Cowboy West","description":"\u003ci\u003e\"The\u003c\/i\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 \" -- \u003cb\u003eDouglas Brinkley, \u003c\/b\u003eauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The open-range cattle era lasted barely a quarter century, but it left America irrevocably changed. \u003ci\u003eCattle Kingdom\u003c\/i\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. \u003ci\u003eThis\u003c\/i\u003e is a revolutionary new appraisal of the Old West and the America it made. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 . . . \u003ci\u003eCattle Kingdom\u003c\/i\u003e is \u003ci\u003eThe Great Plains\u003c\/i\u003e by way of \u003ci\u003eThe Big Short\u003c\/i\u003e.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"The best one-volume history of the legendary era of the cowboy and cattle empires in thirty years.\" -- \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrue West\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Eamon Dolan\/Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781328470256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.30w x 1.60d","brand":"Christopher Knowlton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36648984510620,"sku":"9781328470256","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6891c619-3383-4b4b-be90-8d8d18aa2bef.jpg?v=1603871655","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/cattle-kingdom-the-hidden-history-of-the-cowboy-west-9781328470256","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}