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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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The great cattle trail creator
Hagan provided a vision into the personal and professional life of the man responsible for creating one of the most famous cattle drive trails in Texas. The true life story was more moving and exciting than any fiction could have been. Its a book I could not put down. Reviewed by Will Davis, author of Bell County Bushwhackers.
Published on March 22, 2008 by Will Davis
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Goodnight, Texas--a windswept graveyard
Charles Goodnight was quite the pioneer. His exploits at the time of changing of the high plains of west Texas from dry grasses to the beginnings of a trailhead north to the Kansas railways were worthy of this biography. The writer grasps how ephemeral this transition was, and that in barely fifty years the whole scene changed. Now, one can visit his lonely grave in...
Published 11 months ago by William Bonner
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The great cattle trail creator,
This review is from: Charles Goodnight: Father of the Texas Panhandle (Oklahoma Western Biographies) (Hardcover)
Hagan provided a vision into the personal and professional life of the man responsible for creating one of the most famous cattle drive trails in Texas. The true life story was more moving and exciting than any fiction could have been. Its a book I could not put down.
Reviewed by Will Davis, author of Bell County Bushwhackers.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Goodnight, Texas--a windswept graveyard,
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This review is from: Charles Goodnight: Father of the Texas Panhandle (Oklahoma Western Biographies) (Hardcover)
Charles Goodnight was quite the pioneer. His exploits at the time of changing of the high plains of west Texas from dry grasses to the beginnings of a trailhead north to the Kansas railways were worthy of this biography. The writer grasps how ephemeral this transition was, and that in barely fifty years the whole scene changed. Now, one can visit his lonely grave in Armstrong County, and realize that even more changes are due for the region, as the aquifer comes up short.
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Charles Goodnight: Father of the Texas Panhandle (Oklahoma Western Biographies) by William Thomas Hagan (Hardcover - Sept. 2007)
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