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6666: Portrait Of A Texas Ranch
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 976.4839
EAN: 9780896725362
ISBN: 0896725367
Label: Texas Tech University Press
Manufacturer: Texas Tech University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: December 07, 2004
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Studio: Texas Tech University Press
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Editorial Review:
The Four Sixes is not a relic, showpiece, or preserve. Its a working cattle ranch, some 290,000 acres of West Texas prairie carefully used. Here, men still earn their livelihoods on horseback, not out of blind adherence to tradition, but out of necessity.
Since Samuel "Burk" Burnett began buying rangeland in King County in the 1890s, his cowhands have relied on methods developed by early vaqueros and refined on the great trail drives. In managing cattle, these methods are still the most efficient and humane. Spurs, broad-brimmed hats, and scuffed and patched boots are not fashion statements but essentialsas are loyalty, toughness, and resourcefulness, traits still common to those doing dangerous work in remote country.
Perhaps, though, the Four Sixes greatest legacy is the land itself. Across four generations, foremen have striven to nurture and restore, to leave a healthy range. That stewardship has produced some of the richest, most ecologically diverse grassland found on the Southern Plains today.
Meinzer and Chappells defining study of the Sixes heart, soul, and heritage illuminates and spellbinds, teasing out a continuum that reaches out to and claims us all with rich lessons in give and take, need and nurture, enterprise and farsightedness.
Wyman Meinzer and Henry Chappell take you on an unbelievable journey through the beauty, the grandeur, and the drama of one of the most magnificent ranches on the planet.--Red Steagall, from his foreword
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If you love to drive through west Texas and breath the fresh air, if you love the wide open spaces and hope no one ever changes it, you will love to have this book on your coffee table. It is filled with beautiful photographs and gives you a history of the 6666 Ranch.
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