Cook harold spring agnes wright (2 resultados)
Editorial: University of Nebraska Press (1968), Lincoln 1968
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Librería: Alkahest Books, Deerfield, IL, Estados Unidos de AmericaAlkahest Books
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hardcover. Condición: near fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: very good. first edition. Octavo (approx. 5 3/4" wide by 8 7/8" tall), orange cloth covers, xviii [2] 221 pages. Includes black and white photo reproductions. Map on endpapers. Former owner name in red marker on front free endpaper (John Jenkin, Americana collector). D…ust jacket has a little rubbing, still very good. " In these reminiscences dealing with the decades which saw the transition from the open range to limited ranching, the late Harold J. Cook continues the story begun by his father Captain James H. Cook, in 'Fifty Years on the Old Frontier' (1923). At the center of the "Tales" is th 04 Ranch (renamed and now known as Agate Springs Ranch) on the upper Niobrara, site of the extraordinarily rich fossil beds which became a national monument in 1965." Nebraska, Ranching, American Indians.
Editorial: University of Nebraska, Lincoln 1969
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Librería: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, CanadaWagon Tongue Books
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Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good ++. Second Printing. SUBTITLED : ` Recollections of Harold J. Cook , 1887 - 1909'. The author was born in Cheyenne , Wyoming in 1887. The ranch, also known as the Agate Springs Ranch, was founded by Harold's grandfather and worked by Harold's father. Harold's… other passion besides cattle, was the collection and clasification of fossil materials from the Niobrara part of the geologic column. 221 pages. Section of b/w photographs at center. Learn more about Edward Drinker Cope, Wild Horse Jerry, Margaret Crozier, Maggy Pie, cowpunchers, Arthur Sparhawk, Snake Creek, Crawford District Fair, and the Devil's Corkscrew (see photo - after page 128). Current (daughter) owner of the 04 (D.C.M.) has an elaborate inscription on half-title. Cond : Boards are bright orange with chocolate coloured lettering - spine only. End-papers are maps of the Colorado, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Nebraska common borders. D.J. is a monochrome brown photo of a Western sunset. D.J. lettering is orange. D.J. spine is sunned - else both spines fine. D.J.(not price-clipped) is crispy - now protected in mylar. Volume bright, crisp, and square. No names, marks, creases, nor tears. UNsoiled, binding tight. Decidedly giftable !! Quote (p. 42) : "._._._. surrounded by a shallow ditch made it possible to plant bluegrass and clover and have a wide lawn. Hay meadows were fenced with pitch pine posts cut on White River and Hat Creek. Father had them hauled with four-horse teams. " Size: Octavo. B/W Photographs (ilustrador).
