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Portrait of a Texas Ranch
by Wyman Meinzer and Henry Chappell
The famous 6666 Ranch of Texas is captured in Photography by Wyman Meinzer, the offical Photographer of the State of Texas. Red Steagall says, "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".
This is a nice, big hardback book that you are sure to enjoy.
Tom Ryan and the Cowboys of the 6666 Ranch
by Susan Hallsten McGarry This retrospective of works by Cowboy Artist, Tom Ryan. This is the largest grouping of Ryan's work ever gathered in one place. This book is a must for Tom Ryan fans. Paperback.
One Ranger A Memoir
BY H. Joaquin Jackson and David Marion Wilkinson In this adventure-filled memoir, Joaquin Jackson recalls what it was like to be the Ranger who responded when riots threatened, violence erupted , and criminals needed to be brought to justice across a wide swath of the Texas-Mexico border from 1966 to 1993.Hardback
One Ranger Returns By H. Joaquin Jackson with James L. Haley. This book follows the first One Ranger Book. Joaquin Jackson recalls his five-year pursuit of two of America's most notorious serial killers Henry Lee Lucas and Ottis Toole. He sets the record straight about the role of the Texas Rangers during the United Farm Workers strike in the Rio Grande Valley in 1966-1967. Jackson also describes the frustration of trying to solve a cold case from 1938 the brutal murder of a mother and daughter in the lonely desert east of Van Horn. And he presents a rogue's gallery of cattle rustlers, drug smugglers and a teetotaling bootlegger named Tom Bybee, a modest, likeable man who became and ax murderer. Joining Jackson in this book is his wife Shirley and sons Don Joaquin and Lance, whose stories about life with the Ranger reveal aspects of his character that weren't as fully displayed in the first book.
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Braiding Rawhide Horse Tack
by Robert L. Woolery
An instruction manual for the novice worker in rawhide. Shown with drawing and photos for each step of the way. Paperback.How to Make Cowboy Horse Gear
by Bruce Grant
Bridles, hackmores, reins, reatas, quirts, and riding crops are shown how to be made in this book. This book also features a special section on how to make a saddle. Paperback. Leather Braiding
by Bruce Grant
This book has step by step instructions, detailed illustrations, and facinating information of leather braiding. This book is said to be the definitive book in this field. Paperback. Encyclopedia of Rawhide and Leather Braiding
by Bruce Grant
Combing al the braiding from Leather Braiding and How to Make Cowboy Horse Gear Bruce Grant has also added over 200 pages and 350 illustrations to make this a book to be used as well as read. Hardback. Braiding Fine Leather
by David W. Morgan
Techniques
used are developed from Australian whipmaking shops. Shows step by step instuctions and illustrations to give you a close up look at braiding.Paperback. How To Make Whips
by Ron Edwards
Gives instructions for the basic 8 strand whip, fine kangaroo hide whips, bullwhips, snake whips, and whips made from precut lace. Also included are instructions on plaiting names and using plaiting designs for handles. Hardback.
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Hackmore Reinsman
by Ed Connell
Breaking and training of horses the old California way. PaperbackReinsman of the West
by Ed Connell
The California method of training horses from the hackmore to the spade bit. Paperback. Knots, Hitches and Their Uses
by John Sharp
This book is directed primarily toward the horseman and packer in its portrayal of halters, packhorse hitches, foot ties, and bosal wraps and knots. Also includes help with tying up a boat, sewing on a button and tying a shoelace. Paperback. Sheridan Style Carving
by Bill Gardner and Clinton Fay
A how to book showing pattern making, layouts and more. Paperback.
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The Art of Braiding The Basics
Written & Illustrated by G. Hought
Shows how to get started with the art of braiding.The Art of Braiding- Revised Edition
Written & Illustrated by G. Hought
Has 4 new projects to get started with color illustrations with more tips and hints to get started braiding. The Art of Braiding-Bosal I
Written & Illustrated by G. Hought
This book is designed to go with her previous books The Art of Braiding-The Basics. It is a very detailed and complete for braiding a basic working bosal. The Art of Braiding- Bosal II
Written & Illustrated by G. Hought
Shows how to add color to your bosal and how to braid a 16 plait. Braid a brow band headstall with a fiador.
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Farm and Ranch Spanish
by George Kelly and Rex Kelly
Translations used in the ranching and farming industries. Paperback.
Spanish for the Housewife
by George Kelly and Rex Kelly
Translations used in the household. Paperback. Horseman's English/Spanish Dictionary
by Maria Belknap
This dictionary is broken into four sections to help every horseman, The Horse, The Horse and Rider, Equine Facility Management, and Conversation Basics. Structured for the Spanish and English reader. Paperback.
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Think Harmony With Horses
by Ray Hunt
Ray Hunt's philosophy of the ideal relationship between man and horse is the epitome of mutual respect. Hardback.True Unity
by Tom Dorrance
A willing communication between horse and human by the man that inspired Ray Hunt. Hardback. Lyons on Horses
by John Lyons
John Lyons' proven conditioned-response training program. Hardback. The Man Who Listens to Horses
by Monty Roberts
Patient communication between horse and rider is the basis of Roberts's join-up theory. Hardback. True HorsemanshipThrough Feel
by Bill Dorrance and Leslie Desmond
The legacy of Bill Dorrance in a step by step, how to guide. Paperback. The Lame Horse
by James R. Rooney, D.V.M.
To understand, diagnose and treat every type of lameness you can encounter. Paperback.
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Bit and Spur Makers in the Texas Tradition
by Ned and Jody Martin and Kurt House
A historical look at Texas Bit and Spur makers. Hardback.Saddles
by Russel H. Beatie
A handsome, definitive history book of the saddle. Hardback. Cowboy Culture
by Michael Friedman
American antiques shown in over 700 color photos. Revised edition. Hardback. Cowboy Gear
By David R. Stoecklein
What would a cowboy be without his saddle, his spurs, his chaps and boots? In this book, you will find examples of the finest cowboy gear ever made.
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Cowboy Bits and Spurs
by Joice Overton
Color photos of bits and spurs with values of each. Hardback. Cowboy Spurs and Their Makers
by Jane Pattie
Lavishly illustrated spurs in black and white and full color plates with a list of makers, locations, and characteristics of each. Hardback. Cowboy Spur Maker
by Jane Pattie and Tom Kelly
The Story of Ed Blanchard. Continues Pattie's story from Cowboy Spur and Their Makers and Kelly adds his other history of being a cattleman. Hardback. Western Memorabilia and Collectibles
by Robert W.D. Ball
He features "cowboy" items including revolvers, pistols, maps, boots, chaps, horse gear and more. Also includes a thorough price guide. Paperback. Hand Forged For Texas Cowboys
by Kurt House
Shows the Bianchi bit and spurs and tells his story of how he got started. Hardback.
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We Pointed Them North
by E.C. Abbot & Helen Hunnington Smith
Tales of the cattle trails from Texas to Montana during the 1870s and 1880s. The story of "Teddy Blue" Abbot. Paperback.The Cowboy at Work
All About His Job and How He Does It
by Fay E. Ward
Do you have questions about the difference between buckaroos and cowboys? The cows that roam the deserts and the ones in the forest? This book can answer those questions. Written by a cowboy of 40 years, with drawings to illustrate his point. Paperback. Trail To Ogallala
by Benjamin Capps
From south Texas to Nebraska, a novel of he great cattle drive. Monte Walsh
by Jack Schaefer
First published in 1963, Monte Walshwas later made into a motion picture. Tells a story of cattle drives, cowboys and cowtowns. Paperback. Shane
by Jack Schaefer
Classic literature of the American West. First published in 1949 and made into a movie in 1953.
Paperback. Cattlemen
by Mari Sandoz
The story of the vast cattle industry of the American West. Paperback.
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Jo Mora: Renaissance Man of the West
by Stephen Mitchell
A biography illustrated with photographs of and personal notes from the journals of Jo Mora. Paperback. Cowboys Who Rode Proudly
compiled and edited by Evetts Haley, Jr.
Stories of 27 different people who shaped our modern ranching methods. Hardback. Loosening The Reins
by John L. Moore
Stories of a father and his son written during the most severe drought in the history of Montana. Paperback. Trails Plowed Under
by Charles M. Russell
In his stories, sketches and paintings, Charlie Russell, gives a picture of the early days in Montana and Wyoming. A western classic continuously in print for over sixty years. Paperback. Hashknife Cowboy
by Stella Hughes
The recollections of Mack Hughes who cowboyed all his life in Arizona. Paperback.
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Texas Ranger
by James Kimmins Greer
The story of John Coffee Hays, a man who helped forge the legend of what a Texas Ranger really was. Paperback.
Paperback.Six Years with the Texas Rangers
by James B. Gillett
First published in 1921, this book contains Gillett's classic account of his six years of service with the Texas Rangers. Paperback. The Texas Rangers: Images and Incidents
by John L. Davis
History of the Texas Rangers from the Texas colonists to present day Rangers. Paperback. The Texas Rangers:A Century of Frontier Defense
by Walter Prescott Webb
A history of the Texas Ranger as the state became colonized and their undying desire to uphold the law and do good as they saw it.
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Interwoven: A Pioneer Chronicle
by Sallie Reynolds Matthews
History of the Lambshead Ranch and Reynolds-Matthews union. Hardback. Lambshead Before Interwoven
A Texas Range Chronicle 1848-1878
by Frances Mayhugh Holden
Drawing by John Guerin
Holden tells of earlier events in the area and recounts some episodes that were omitted from Interwoven. Hardback. Lambshead Legacy
The Ranch Diary of Watt R. Matthews
Edited by Janet M Neugebaurer
Introduction by Frances Mayhugh Holden
Focuses on Watt's life from 1951 to 1980, contains Watt's records of the number and kind of cattle, work completed on them, the pasture they were moved to and their sell price. He also recorded weather, and parties, including the people who attended. Hardback.
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Some Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
by John R. Erickson
Stories told from the lenses of a cowboy. Paperback. Through Time and the Valley
by John R. Erickson
Story of the Canadian river of Texas. Erickson and Bill Ellzey rode the 140 mile river and tells their journey picturing what it was like 100 years ago. Hardback. Panhandle Cowboy
by John R. Erickson
Foreword by Larry McMurtry
Straight forward book about the texture of modern cowbowing in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Hardback. Cowboy Country
by John R. Erickson
Photographs by Kristine Erickson
Erickson tells his story of his days working on the Beaver River in 1978 and 1979 and the men he worked with in the land that is called Cowboy Country. Hardback. The Trail Drivers of Texas
Edited by J. Marvin Hunter
True narratives by the cowboys and men who fathered the cattle industry in Texas. Paperback.
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Contemporary Ranches of Texas
by Lawerence Clayton
Photographs by Wyman Meinzer
Covers stories and photographs of different ranches across the state to Texas. Hardback. Historic Ranches of Texas
by Lawerence Clayton
Paintings by J. U. Salvant
Includes the 6666, XIT, Y.O., Waggoner, Pitchfork and many other ranches. Paperback. Life on the Texas Range
Photographs by Ervin E. Smith
Text by J. Evetts Haley
Photographs of the early 1900's by this pioneer cowboy photographer. Paperback. Whatever the Wind Delivers
by Janet M. Neugebauer and Walt McDonald
Foreword by Laura Bush
Poems and photographs of West Texas. Hardback. Bob Kleberg and the King Ranch
A Worldwide Sea of Grass
by John Cypher
A historical account of Bob Kleberg and the infamous King Ranch told by the top assistant to the man who started it all. Paperback. Life on the King Ranch
by Frank Goodwyn
Foreword by Bruce S. Cheeseman
A story ofGoodwyn and his ranch friends, of the heritage that was theirs, the way they worked, the tales they told, and the fun they had on the largest cattle operation in America. Paperback.
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Deep In The Heart Of Texas
by Kathleen Jo Ryan
Kathleen Jo Ryan interviews and photographs thirteen of the states largest cattle ranchers. Hardback. Texas Cattle Barons
Essays by Elmer Kelton
Photography by Kathleen Jo Ryan.
Stories and portraits of the people who shape the Texas cattle industry. Hardback.
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Pitchfork Country
The Photography of Bob Moorhouse.Moorehouse's photographic work reflects his trademark style. His photographic images are nothing less than an accurate portrayal of ranch life in Northwest Texas. Available in Paperback or Hardback. Building the Beef Industry
A Century of Commitment
by Charles E. Ball The history of the Beef Industry form 1898-1998. A big, beautiful book published by The National Cattlemen's Foundation.Hardback.
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Kinship With All Life
by J. Allen Boone
How animals communicate with each other and with the people who understand them. Paperback.
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The Last Campfire
by Barney Nelson
The life story of Ted Gray, a West Texas rancher.How Come It's Called That?
Virginia Madison and Hallie Stillwell
Names of places in the Big Bend country of West Texas. Paperback. Tales of the Big Bend
by Elton Miles
Stories of the Marfa Lights, the Murder Steer and other Big Bend Tales. Paperback. Shades of the West
by Ted Gray
This autobiography follows Ted Gray through 55 years of cattle, horses, ranching, friendship and trading. Big Bend Country-Land of the Unexpected
by Kenneth B. Ragsdale
Ragsdale builds his stories around themes and profiles both famous and relatively unknown figures. He also traces the legacy of J. Frank Dobie and the filming of the Giant. Hardback. Voices From La Frontera
by Betty L. Dillard and Karen L. Green
A collection of narratives by women settlers-diaries, letters, journals, memoirs, autobiographies, family genealogies, unpublished
manuscrips and oral histories which provide a review of the development of the Big Bend Region. Paperback.
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Up To My Armpits
Written by Dr. Charlie Edwards
Illustrated by Wayne Baize
Dr. Edwards tells his adventures as a West Texas Veterinarian. The Story of the Big Bend National Park
by John Jameson
Tells the story of how the park was founded in 1944 up to the present. Explains how it was difficult to get the park approved and discusses what is used for in present day. God's Country or Devil's Playground
Edited by Barney Nelson
In this anthology of Nature Writing, Nelson gathers nearly sixty literary perspectives on the landscape and life of the Big Bend Region, broadly defined as Trans-Pecos Texas and northern Chihuahua, Mexico. Paperback. Portraits of the Pecos Frontier
by Patrick Dearen
Dearen spent years tracking down stories from the Pecos River country of West Texas. He paints word portraits of his travels through this wide stretch of land. Paperback. History of the Texas Big Bend
by Glenn Justice
From the documented
chronicles from Cabeza de Vaca to the era of Pancho Villa. Paperback. Tales of the Guadalupe Mountains
by W.C. Jameson
Jameson tells his tales of returning to the Guadalupe Mountains in search of kinship with people who lived, hunted, and fought in this range across the Chihuahuan Desert. Paperback.
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Heart Diamond
by Kathy Greenwood
Describes experiences growing up on a small, family-owned, working cattle ranch in southeastern New Mexico. Paperback. I'll Gather My Geese
by Hallie Crawford Stillwell
The autobiography of a lady who, at age 19, went to teach school on the Mexican border. Paperback. Cowgirls: Women of the American West
by Teresa Jordan
Situates the cowgirl in history and literature as an American original from the sympathetic to the nitty-gritty. Paperback. Going Over East
Reflections of a Woman Rancher
by Linda Hasselstrom
She discusses the routine demands of her family's cow-calf operation in South Dakota. Paperback. A Road of Her Own
Women's Journeys in the West
Edited by Marlene Blessing
Stories by twenty different women writers each of whom offer their own unique story of a different road in the west. Hardback. Twilight of the Tenderfoot
by Diane Ackerman
As a tenderfoot-woman in aman's world-Ackerman undergoes an often hilarious initiation: but she is up to the game and sprited and up for the challenges of red hot chilies, chewing tabacco, snakes and many more. Paperback.
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Land Circle
Writings Collected From the Land
by Linda Hasselstrom
Explains about the land, death and about being a woman in new ranchers view with collected essays and poems. Paperback. Women Who Charmed the West
by Anne Seagraves
From the Victorian era of the 1800's through the turn of the century she discusses famous women actresses with descriptive text and elegant photographs. Paperback. High Spirited Women of the West
by Anne Seagraves
Profiles ten courageous women who shaped history of the West with text and photographs who became the America's early feminists. Paperback. Women of the Sierra
by Anne Seagraves
It takes the reader back to the 19th century with rare photographs and text. The stories illustrate the lack of equality between men and women. Paperback. Hell on Women and Horses
by Alice Marriott
Foreward by Margot Liberty
18 months of vistiting cattle ranches across 13 states learning about ranchers
lives. She explains how ranch women live, work, have children, manage houses, and go out on the ranges. Paperback. Bitterbrush Country
Living on the Edge of the Land
by Diane Josephy Peavey
In essays she shares her joys of living in South Central Idaho, and her fears about losing western way of life. From bitterbrush to cooking the spring cattle drive she tells a personal story of her home. Hardback.
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All the Pretty Horses
by Cormac McCarthy
Volume one of the Border Trilogy.Winner of the National Book Award for fiction. Paperback.The Crossing
by Cormac McCarthy
Volume two of the Border Trilogy. A novel set in southern New Mexico during the years before World War II. Paperback. Cities of the Plain
by Cormac McCarthy
The last book of the Border Trilogy, this is a story of friendship, manhood, and uncertainty. Paperback. Blood Meridian
by Cormac McCarthy
Based on historical events, this book traces the violence and nightmares that surrounded western expansion along the Texas-Mexico border. Paperback.
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Waiting For Daylight
King Ranch: Images from the Past
Photgrapher Janell Kleberg writes of the ranch work she has documented on film for King Ranch over the past thirty years. This book consists of photographs taken from horseback while working cattle in South Texas, Brazil, Argentina, and Australia. The photographs capture an era when people lived out their lives on lands that were often inhospitable with great herds of red cattle and fine cow horses. These beautiful historic images communicate a feeling of constant renewal combined with sense of suspended time.
The Spur
Photography by David R. Stoecklein
The Spur will show you the different styles and varieties of western spurs that have emereged throughout the decades in different regions of the American West. Collectors of these rare and intricate tools have each written sections about what differentiates one style from another.
Best Remudas
By Jim Jennings
The Remudais defined as "the herd of horses from which those to be used for the day are chosen." The ranches in this book received the Best Remuda Award because of the quality of their remudas. This book is the story of the ranches, but it is also the story of the tool the ranches use on a daily basis- the horse.
Colt: An American Legend
By R.L. Wilson
Colt Firearms has authorized R.L. Wilson, America's most distinguished writer and expert in the field of firearms to produce the definitive and official history of Colt firearms, bringing Samuel Colt's up to the present with a new chapter on collecting and continuation of his extremely valuable model and serial number charts. With more than 300 photographs in full color and 115 in black and white, Colt: An American Legend illustrates and describes every model Colt has ever produced, in variation, from the inventor's earliest firearms to such famous guns as the Single Action Army, the massive Walker Colt, the famous Civil War percussion
pistols and the legendary Colt Government Model .45 automatic pistol that served the United States Armed Forces in two World Wars and in Korea and Vietnam.
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Artistry in Silver and Steel
The Adolph Bayers Legend
Compiled by J. Martin Basinger
Text & Design By Laura Lynn Wilson
Additional Text by Ben Miller
Artistry in Silver and Steel showcases the work of master bit and spur maker Adolph Bayers. Mr. Bayers spent over forty years making bits and spurs for cowboys and polo players across the County. IN his dirt floor shop near Truscott, Texas he created tools of the trade which became collectable art. Mr. Bayers paid great attention to the detail of the products he turned out and to the records he kept. Before his death in 1978 he gave all of these records go his customer and friend, J. martin Basinger. In tribute, Mr. basinger is publishing this series of books containing the Bayers' records.
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Still
Tintypes by Robb KendrickIn Still, Robb Kendrick presents an eloquent collection of tintype cowboy photographs taken on ranches across fourteen states of the American West, as well as in British Columbia, Canada, and Coahuila, Mexico. The photographs reveal the rich variety of people who are drawn to the cowboying life---women as well as men; Native American, Mixican Americans, and African Americans as well as Anglos. The images also show regional variations in dress and gear, from the "taco" rolled-brim hats of Texas cowpunchers to the braided rawhide reatas of Oregon buckaroos.
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