Until the End of Time by Danielle Steel

Until the End of Time by Danielle Steel

Skaggs has performed a service in focusing the attention of historians on an important but neglected aspect of the cattle business. W. Turrentine Jackson This book definitely has its place both in business history and in western history. Joe B. Frantz, Journal of American History By diligent research Skaggs] has pieced together the careers of some twenty men who moved, according to his estimates, three- fourths of all the cattle driven for sale to railhead markets and northern ranges during the era of the long drive. Though not oblivious of the adventurous and humorous aspects of their lives, Skaggs sees them as profit-oriented entrepreneurs, innovative and capable of improvisation in adjusting to their economically hazardous occupation. . . . This is the kind of history that will put the West in proper perspective. Lewis Atherton, Pacific Historical Review Skaggs] has given us the record we have never had, a record of name, date, time and place. He has brought these 'cattle-trailing contractors, ' who have long been names in legends, back into a rich and earthy aliveness. He calls them American geniuses, and that they were. Great Plains Journal The harsh business realities of driving cattle are separated in this book from the mythology and folklore of the cattle-trailing era. Jimmy M. Skaggs focuses on the transportation agents who contracted the delivery of cattle for Texas ranchers and drove the animals northward for sale. He reveals them as shrewd hip-pocket businessmen. Jimmy M. Skaggs was Professor of American Studies and Economics at Wichita State University and the author of Prime Cut: Livestock Raising and Meatpacking in the United States, 1607-1983.

Steel, Danielle: - Danielle Steel has been hailed as one of the world's bestselling authors, with almost a billion copies of her novels sold. Her many international bestsellers include Nine Lives, Finding Ashley, The Affair, Neighbors, All That Glitters, Royal, and other highly acclaimed novels. She is also the author of His Bright Light, the story of her son Nick Traina's life and death; A Gift of Hope, a memoir of her work with the homeless; Expect a Miracle, a book of her favorite quotations for inspiration and comfort; Pure Joy, about the dogs she and her family have loved; and the children's books Pretty Minnie in Paris and Pretty Minnie in Hollywood.

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ISBN 13	9780345530899
ISBN 10	0345530896
Titre	Until the End of Time
Auteur	Danielle Steel
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Type de reliure	Paperback
Éditeur	Random House USA Inc
Année de publication	2014-01-28
Nombre de pages	416
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