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9780890966259 Academic Inspection Copy

The Texas Longhorn

Relic of the Past, Asset for the Future
  • ISBN-13: 9780890966259
  • Publisher: TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Donald E. Worcester
  • Price: AUD $57.99
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  • Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
  • Local release date: 28/09/2000
  • Format: Paperback (230.00mm X 154.00mm) Weight: 333g
  • Categories: History [HB]Animal husbandry [TVH]
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This brief and entertaining history of the Texas Longhorn details the development of the first distinct American breed of beef cattle. The Spanish herds that had roamed Texas for generations, when mixed with English Longhorns brought by Anglo settlers in the early 1800s, yielded a rangy hybrid that could thrive in Texas' climate and was ideally suited to ranchers' aspirations. Almost extinct by the turn of the century, the Texas Longhorn was preserved by the efforts of just a few people who recalled with fondness the days when the cattle had thundered on the trails. Some U.S. Forest Service officials, several ranchers, and even a folklorist--J. Frank Dobie--gathered the animals for breeding and successfully managed the small herds until they stabilized and began to increase. The Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America was formed in 1964 to preserve and promote the breed, and a growing interest in improving health by eating leaner meat has spurred renewed interest in the lean Longhorn as more than just a nostalgic novelty.
DON WORCESTER is the author of several books and many articles about the Old West, and of the poignant book A Visit from Father and Other Tales of the Mojave, also published by Texas A&M University Press. He is a professor emeritus of history at Texas Christian University.
"The Texas Longhorn is an authoritative and readable short history of this home-grown hybrid, and presents the Longhorn as much more than a historical curiosity and a romantic novelty....[It] is a detailed and entertaining overview by one who knows his subject well."--Michael B. Husband--Michael B. Husband
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