Vachell, Horace Annesley, 1861-1955 / 2008-07-29 00:00:00

EBOOK BUNCH GRASS ***


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BUNCH GRASS
A CHRONICLE OF LIFE ON A CATTLE RANCH

BY HORACE ANNESLEY VACHELL
AUTHOR OF "BROTHERS" "THE HILL" ETC. ETC.
1913


TO MY BROTHER
ARTHUR HONYWOOD VACHELL
I DEDICATE
THIS BOOK


FOREWORD
The author of _Bunch Grass_ ventures to hope that this book will
not be altogether regarded as mere flotsam and jetsam of English and
American magazines. The stories, it will be found, have a certain
continuity, and may challenge interest as apart from incident because
an attempt has been made to reproduce atmosphere, the atmosphere of a
country that has changed almost beyond recognition in three decades.
The author went to a wild California cow-country just thirty years
ago, and remained there seventeen years, during which period the land
from such pastoral uses as cattle and sheep-raising became subdivided
into innumerable small holdings. He beheld a new country in the
making, and the passing of the pioneer who settled vital differences
with a pistol. During those years some noted outlaws ranged at large
in the county here spoken of as San Lorenzo.
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