Bøger af David J. Murrah

The Lazy S Ranch, one of the last major ranches to be established in Texas, came into being at a time when most of the other great ranches were disappearing. Founded in 1898, the Lazy S grew to comprise nearly 250,000 acres. Here, David Murrah covers the entire, fascinating history in The Rise and Fall of the Lazy S Ranch.

Trail driver, Texas Ranger, banker, philanthropist, and cattleman, he was one of America's most famous ranchers. David J. Murrah's biography of C. C. Slaughter (1837-1919), now available in paperback, still stands as the definitive account of this well-known figure in Southwest history.

Many of the great Texas ranches established during the cattle boom of the 1880s became immediate business successes, but as time passed, many of them failed. This title presents the story of David Mantz DeVitt - one of the survivors and of the family that kept it alive.