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A ranching saga : the lives of William Electious Halsell and Ewing Halsell by William Curry Holden, José Cisneros, Hugh Fitzsimons Jr is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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A Ranching Saga tells the story of father and son pioneer ranchers in the Southwest. Around the turn of the century, William Electious Halsell and Ewing Halsell were integral to the growing ranching industry in Texas and Oklahoma. Through newspaper accounts, legal documents, personal correspondence, and interviews with family members, friends, and acquaintances, A Ranching Saga recounts the lives of these two keen businessmen, proud civic leaders, and philanthropists. What is revealed is a legacy of hard work, moral character, and compassion, as well as a close relationship with the land. Texas historian William Curry Holden sifts through correspondence, reports and statistics, and extensive research to tell of three generations of the Halsell family, from their arrival in Texas in 1854 to the mid-twentieth century. Holden enriches the family narrative with personal accounts of the places, geology, flora, fauna, weather, economics, and history of the region. He interviewed more than 150 people to understand the characters and personalities of the two men whose cultural influence on Texas and the Southwest region spans more than a century. Illustrated with nearly two dozen dra

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Author

William Curry Holden, José Cisneros, Hugh Fitzsimons Jr

Publisher

Maverick Books, an imprint of Trinity University Press

Published

2017

Language

EN

ISBN

9781595348265

Category

nonfiction