6666 Portrait of a Texas Ranch

Name: 6666 Portrait of a Texas Ranch
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ISBN: 9780896725362

ISBN-10: 0896725367

ISBN-13: 9780896725362

Edition: 2004

Authors: Wyman Meinzer, Henry Chappell, Red Steagall, Mike Gibson

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The Four Sixes is not a relic, showpiece, or preserve. It’s 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 essentials—as are loyalty, toughness, and resourcefulness, traits still common to those doing…

Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
Publication date: 10/15/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 178
Size: 12.30" wide x 12.30" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 4.246
Language: English

Wyman Meinzer, of Benjamin, Texas, has published numerous books of photographs of Texas, including Texas Sky, Texas Hill Country, and Texas Rivers. He has the distinction of having been named Texas State Photographer by the Texas Legislature. Meinzer's work appears in magazines nationwide; he is also a frequent contributor to Texas Highways and Texas Parks & Wildlife.