Reub Long is a cowboy who thinks like a scientist and E. R. Jackman is a scientist who thinks like a cowboy. Together they have produced a book about a unique region of the American West and its inhabitants, filled with history, lore and humor.
The Unshorn Fields
p. 1
Boy on a Horse on the Desert
p. 16
Those with the Least Stayed the Longest
p. 30
Uncle Sam Is Rich Enough To Give Us All a Farm
p. 49
From Eohippus To Palomino
p. 65
My Saddle's My Home
p. 74
Go Slow and Get There Quicker
p. 95
Bronc Rides on the High Desert
p. 120
All in the Day's Work
p. 129
The Desert Was Kind to Sheep
p. 138
Indians in the Desert
p. 156
The Coyote
p. 176
The Little Folk of the Desert
p. 192
Badgers and Skunks Are Nice People
p. 218
Mule Deer
p. 238
How To Get Along
p. 251
Every Day Is an Adventure
p. 271
The Desert-Wise Plants
p. 290
Grass Grows by Inches--It Is Destroyed by Feet
p. 304
The Desert Towns
p. 319
Water on the Desert
p. 346
Things To See on the Desert
p. 356
A-Horseback and Alone
p. 380
Appendices
p. 392
Index
p. 399
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