9781493048366-1493048368-Empire: The Pioneer Legacy of an American Ranch Family

Empire: The Pioneer Legacy of an American Ranch Family

ISBN-13: 9781493048366
ISBN-10: 1493048368
Author: Jefferson Glass
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: TwoDot
Format: Hardcover 400 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781493048366
ISBN-10: 1493048368
Author: Jefferson Glass
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: TwoDot
Format: Hardcover 400 pages

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Empire: The Pioneer Legacy of an American Ranch Family (ISBN-13: 9781493048366 and ISBN-10: 1493048368), written by authors Jefferson Glass, was published by TwoDot in 2020. With an overall rating of 4.0 stars, it's a notable title among other United States (Historical) books. You can easily purchase or rent Empire: The Pioneer Legacy of an American Ranch Family (Hardcover, Used) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used United States books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.54.

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A collage of characters shaped the west of the nineteenth century. Large and powerful cattlemen, backed by eastern and European investors, flooded the prairie with herds often numbering 50-80 thousand head. They had visions of doubling or tripling their money quickly while their cattle grazed on the free grass of the open range. Others, like Martin Gothberg wisely invested in the future of the young frontier. Starting with a humble 160-acre homestead in 1885, he continued to expand and develop a modest ranch that eventually included tens of thousands of acres of deeded land. Gothberg's story parallels the history of open range cattle ranches, cowboys, roundups, homesteaders, rustlers, sheep men and range wars. It does not end there. As the Second Industrial Revolution escalated in the late 1800s, so did the demand for petroleum products. What began with a demand for beef to feed the hungry cities of the eastern United States fostered the demand for wool to clothe them and graduated into a demand for oil to warm them in winter and fuel the mechanized age of the twentieth century. All were a critical part of shaping American history. Through the lens of this family saga--a part of the history of the West comes to life in the hands of this storyteller and historian.

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