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The mustangs / by J. Frank Dobie ; illustrated by Charles Banks Wilson.

Summary:

The story of the wild horses of America, the Indians who rode them and the whites who were famous as their captors.

Record details

  • Physical Description: xvii, 376 pages : illustrations (1 color) ; 22 cm
  • Edition: [1st ed.].
  • Publisher: Boston : Little Brown and Company, [1952]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-364) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
A personal introduction -- The progenitor of the mustang -- The guarded atom bomb of the Spaniards -- Indian horses and horsemanship -- The Comanche moon -- Indian horse-stealing and mustanging -- Mesteñas -- Wild and free -- The stallion and his mares -- The legend of the pacing white mustang -- Death and liberty -- Captive mustangs : ordinary and extraordinary -- Mustangers ways -- As the mustangers told it -- Under the saddle -- The Coyote Dun and other cow horses -- Only their dust.
Subject:
Mustang > History.
Wild horses > West (U.S.)
Indians of North America > West (U.S.)
Mustang.
Mustang > Histoire.
Peuples autochtones > États-Unis (Ouest)
Indians of North America.
Mustang.
Wild horses.
West United States.
Genre:
Americana > West (U.S.)
History.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library SF 293 .M9 D63 1952 680807 Stacks Available -