Cultural & Social Collectibles, Agricultural Sciences, Agricultural Sciences

Cattle Brands: Ironclad Signatures

Name: Cattle Brands: Ironclad Signatures
Author: Jane Pattie
ISBN: 9780970998774

by Jane Pattie, Elmer Kelton

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Overview

Cattleman Leonard Stiles, during his career with the legendary King Ranch and as a field inspector in the special division of the Texas Rangers, collected more than one thousand branding irons. These clever, rustic, and artistic iron signatures appear as detailed drawings, with fascinating stories of how they were designed and why, the ranches and historic cattle drives with which they were associated, and how rustlers attempted to alter their appearance.

Synopsis

In the American West the cattle brand is a rancher's invilable mark of ownership. More than 1000 of these clever, rustic,artistic signatures are dipicted in detailed drawings along with their history and lore.

About the Author, Jane Pattie

Jane Pattie has written numerous articles specializing in Western topics and raises registered quarter horses and thoroughbreds. She is a photographer and award-winning writer of Cowboy Spurs and Their Makers, Cowboys Who Rode Proudly, and John Wayne . . . There Rode a Legend.