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English
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In the lawless frontier town of Century, Oregon, Esther Chamber is met by her distant cousin, a laconic cattle rancher named Ferris Pickett. But this town on the edge of civilization is in the midst of a very real range in a story of dispossession, greed, and ecstatic visions of America.
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English
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"If you think grasslands are just boring old grass, think again! This high-interest volume is packed with facts about these rich habitats that cover one-fourth of our planet. For example, readers will learn that grasslands actually need wildfires to stayhealthy. In fact, some places use skilled firefighters to start fires in grasslands on purpose! Amazing photos take readers up close with the curious creatures that call grasslands home, from antelope...
4) Sweetgrass
Publisher
Grasshopper Film
Language
English
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Lawrence Allestad and family were among the last of the traditional sheepherders of the American West. Under a public grazing permit that had been handed down in his Norwegian-American family for generations, Allestad was the final rancher to drive his herds into Montana's rugged Absaroka-Beartooth range north of Yellowstone to fatten on sweet summer grass. The family members and their hired hands conducted the drives much as their pioneer forebears...
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Series
Last Mountain Man series volume 6
Language
English
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After retiring his guns to raise a family and build a herd, legendary ex-gunfighter Smoke Jensen realizes he must leave retirement or die when he accidentally rides into the middle of the biggest range war of the decade.
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Agriculture handbook volume no. 88
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U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service
Pub. Date
1955
Language
English
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Series
General technical report PNW volume 145
Publisher
Pacific Northwest Forest and Range Experiment Station, Forest Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Pub. Date
1982 i.e. 1983
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English
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Agriculture handbook volume no. 71
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U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service
Pub. Date
1955
Language
English
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Hunters (Charles West) volume 2
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English
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"His Crow name was Crazy Wolf. Orphaned after losing his family in an Indian attack, young Cody Hunter found a loving home among the Crow people--and learned the ancient ways of the Crow trackers. His well-honed skills earned him a place in the U.S. Army as a valued scout. But now, after fifteen years of living his life as Crazy Wolf, Cody is ready to face his painful past. He will return to the place that still gives him nightmares--and where the...
15) The longhorns
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Series
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English
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The twilight of the longhorn has fallen. The noble breed is nearer extinction than the buffalo ever was. Yet in this rousing chronicle the great days of the longhorn live again, a brave and surging part of our national heritage.
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General technical report RMRS volume GTR-317
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U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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17) Experimental forests and ranges: field research facilities of the Pacific Southwest Research Station
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General technical report PSW volume 119
Pub. Date
[1990]
Language
English
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18) Sweetgrass
Publisher
Distributed by the Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
"An unsentimental elegy to the American West, "Sweetgrass" follows the last modern-day cowboys to lead their flocks of sheep up into Montana's breathtaking and often dangerous Absaroka-Beartooth mountains for summer pasture. This astonishingly beautiful yet unsparing film reveals a world in which nature and culture, animals and humans, vulnerability and violence are all intimately meshed" -- Container.