Ride for the Brand

by Steagall, Red

• ISBN13: 9780967761008
• ISBN10: 096776100X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: Bunkhouse Pr

Table of Contents

Dedication From Me and Baxter	v
Acknowledgments	xiii
Preface	xv
Foreword	1	(12)
Elmer Kelton
Code of the West
Ride for the Brand	13	(4)
Born to This Land	17	(2)
The Code of the West Hasn't Changed	19	(2)
A Full Grown Man	21	(5)
Dakota	26	(3)
The Maverick Way	29	(2)
The Wagon Tongue	31	(3)
The Ritual of Spring	34	(7)
Chuckwagons, Campfires, and War Stories
Sourdough, Beefsteak and Beans	41	(3)
Underneath a Wide West Texas Sky	44	(3)
Horses and Wars	47	(5)
Hats Off to the Cowboy	52	(1)
Justin	53	(3)
The Shank of the Evening	56	(2)
Bedroll	58	(7)
Calico Partners
The Ballad of Dawson Le Gate	65	(4)
Rosalee's Smile	69	(3)
The Texas Silver Zephyr	72	(4)
My Pardner	76	(3)
The Memories in Grandmother's Trunk	79	(8)
Saddle Broncs and Bulls
For Freckles Brown	87	(5)
To Casey	92	(7)
Longhorns and Cow Horses
Smokey	99	(3)
Bandito Gold	102	(3)
Deacon and the Dun	105	(3)
The Bell on Old Blue	108	(3)
One More Lick	111	(6)
Ghost Stories
Jacob's Well	117	(3)
McCorkle and the Wire	120	(7)
Those Who Were Here First
The Last Buffalo	127	(2)
When Joseph Was Chief	129	(2)
All They've Changed is the Guard at Fort Sill	131	(2)
Bright Comanche Moon	133	(6)
Sunset and the Last Roundup
The Picture	139	(2)
The Weather	141	(2)
To an Old Friend	143	(3)
He Preferred Buckin' Horses to Books	146	(2)
One Empty Cot in the Bunkhouse	148	(3)
When the Cimarron Was Red and on the Rise	151	(3)
Nothing But a Cowboy	154	(2)
Fort Phantom Hill	156	(3)
Afterword	159
Joyce Gibson Roach