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NORTHAMERICANHISTORYSPECIFICATIONSSPECIFICATIONSCANADIANHISTORYGEOGRAPHY16050192320081960warrenm.elofson16701870richardi.rugglesCHOICECHOICEFrontierCattleRanchingintheLandandTimesofCharlieRussellCowboysGentlemenandCattleThievesRanchingontheWesternFrontierSomebodyElsesMoneyTheWalrondRanchStory18831907ACountrySoInterestingThePublicHistorianBCStudiesSeptember2011August2011192011newinpapernewinpaperWinnerClioAwardforthePrairiesRegionCanadianHistoricalAssociationWinnerOutstandingAcademicBookAwardMagazineMQUPFALLAre-examinationofthefree-rangecattleranchingerainMontanaSouthernAlbertaandSouthernSaskatchewan.978-0-7735-3920-427.95TCDN18.99paper6x9264pp30bwphotosWorldrightsexceptUSRupertsLandRecordSocietySeries978-0-7735-3885-649.95ACDN49.95AUS34.00paper12x9320pp66screenedhalftoneplates9bwmapsisthersteverin-depthcross-borderstudyofthecattleranchingfrontiersonthenorthernGreatPlainsofNorthAmerica.WarrenElofsonarguesthatalthoughtheylivedondifferentsidesoftheforty-ninthparalleltherstcattlemenonthewesternCanadianprairiesandinthestateofMontanasharedacommonhistory.Theybothforgedsocietiescomposedofaconsiderablenumberofpeopledrawnfromeasternhomelandsbythevisualmedia.Theybothstartedoutwithimmensehopethatwassoonshatteredbythenaturalandfrontierenvironments.TheywerebothdominatedbywealthycattlemenmainlyfromtheEastandapopularcowboyculturesuitedtotheconditionsofthefrontierbutdesignedinpartbyromancebooksdimenovelsandWildWestshowsdisseminatedinNewYorkChicagoMontrealTorontoLondonandEdinburgh.Theyalsowentthroughapatternofagriculturaldevelopmentthatwaseventuallytoestablishthemixedorranch-farmastheapproachmostsuitedtostockraisingundernorthwesternconditions.Andtheyhelpedtopreparethegroundfortheemergenceofpopulistpoliticalapproachesinwhichlocalwomenaswellasmencoulddemandandattainaprominentplace.Elofsondescribesinvividdetailthepowerandinuenceoftheso-calledcattlebaronsaswellasthelivesoftheranchhandsontheopenrangeandinthesaloonsandbrothelsthatdottedthestreetsofthefrontiertowns.aformerrancherinAlbertaisprofessorofhistoryattheUniversityofCalgaryandtheauthorofand.MapswereanessentialtoolfortheHudsonsBayCompanyandduringthetwocenturiesbeforeConfederationtheCompanybecamethemainmappingagencyinBritishNorthAmericafortheimmenseterritoryextendingfromUngavaBaytothePacicOcean.InRichardRugglesdescribesandanalysesthemappingactivitiesofmorethanCompanyservantsandsurveyorsaswellasthecontributionsofmorethanIndiansandInuitwhodrewsketchesandprovidedoriginalcongurations.AlsoincludedareannotatedcataloguesofallthemapsknowntohavebeenproducedbytheHudsonsBayCompanyandsixty-sixreproductionsofthemostimportantmapsandsketches.TheHudsonsBayCompanywasresponsibleforthelargestcollectioninNorthAmericaofmanuscriptchartsandmapsrelatedtothefurtradeandRuggleshasproducedtherstandmostcomprehensivestudyofthisuniqueandrichbodyofmaterial.Theatlasishandsomeenoughtobeacoffeetablebookwiththeaddedbonusofcombiningagreatdealofcontentandinsightfulanalysiswithahighlyreadablestyle.DavidHornbeckAsubstantialcontributiontothehistoryofCanadiancartography.GraemeWynnwasprofessoremeritusintheDepartmentofGeographyQueensUniversityadepartmenthefoundedin.FrontierCattleRanchingintheLandandTimesofCharlieRussellACountrySoInterestingTheHudsonsBayCompanyandTwoCenturiesofMappingWithanewforewordbyJenniferBrownWarrenM.ElofsonRichardI.Ruggles