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Grass Beyond the Mountains: Discovering the Last Great Cattle Frontier on the North American Continent | 
 enlarge | Author: Richmond P. Hobson
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Category: Book
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 251013
Media: Paperback
Pages: 256
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.2 x 0.8
ISBN: 0771041705
Dewey Decimal Number: 971.103092
EAN: 9780771041709
ASIN: 0771041705
Publication Date: January 1, 1978
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Condition: THIS ITEM SHIPS FROM EDMONTON CANADA. Priority shipping upgrade free. minor binding wear, small tears along bottom of binding, slight lean, small crease along top corner of front cover Used - Good Thanks!
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This is a book that has no comparison and no equal. November 1, 1999
Steven Heller (steveheller85@hotmail.com) (Moscow, Idaho)
14 out of 16 found this review helpful
Outstanding! This book was an absolute, heart pounding thrill to read. An epic illustration of the unstopable drive of the human heart and the unyeilding will of man to print his own name across the pages of time. Men and women of a class that survives now, only in the memories or our lost heritage. People with unconquerable spirit and no notion of the impossible. If comparison were possible, this book would be the Bendigo Shafter of non-fiction but even the endless imagination of the great Louis L'Amour could not stand against the unforgiving truth of a land not tamed by man. The writing is clear and descriptive, showing the obvious education and experience of it's author, a man who chose ranching by choice rather than out of necessity. As the pages turn, the reader gets a look into the lives of these mountain men and without effort, we learn to understand each and every character, almost to the point of friendship. Quite an accomplishment in a fast-paced 250 page book. The pride, drive, knowledge, and respect of these men for the world they lived in is unparelleled. Though I was forced to perform certain daily activities, my mind never left the book until I could complete it's last inspiring page and sit breathlesly paralized in awe and admiration of this newly created dream world. This is the greatest book that I have ever been given the pleasure to read and I don't hesitate to say that the next two books I read will be the conclusion to it's sequence.
Hobson gives an excellent account of the way it really is. June 4, 1999
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
This book debunks the cowboy myth and shows the life of a rancher the way it really is. Well written, with tragedy and humor on every page, this book also shows the relationship between man and horse the way it should be. If I hadn't already been there, I'd go looking for a cowboy job now.
Nothing To It! December 11, 1999
B.A. Cox (Missouri)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Nothing to reading it, that is. This is one of the first nonfictions books I've read that I have ever liked. I got interested in it when I saw the TV show 'Nothing Too Good For A Cowboy' and had to read the books. This book made me laugh and almost made me cry. The characters are too funny and very heart-warming.
Great Canadian History - Simple Elegant Writing December 4, 1997
Don_Marshall@MSN.Com (Seattle, Washington)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
There was a time, that can be recalled by just a few who are still alive, when northern British Columbia Canada was much like the American West. This book describes the adventures involved in surviving and prospering in cattle country. When you are done with the book you will feel that you have learned enough to lead a winter cattle drive through unknown country. As Pan says in the book, "Nothin' to it, nothin at all.
Read It! December 17, 2001
jc cone (Utah mountainlands)
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
We own the Legacy Ranch high in the mountains of Northeastern Utah. For years we have loved the beauty of the unspoiled wilderness. Nursing newborn elk calves, watching Canadian Lynx outside their lairs, and many other adventures have cast us in the mold of lovers of the wilderness. To read the adventures of true cowboys, who started with nothing else but their "grit" and ended up with lives spent plumbing the depths of fun and hard work was one of the top literary experiences of our lives. This book, far better than the sequels, will be part o four Christmas giving this year.
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