Grass Beyond the Mountains: Discovering the Last Great Cattle Frontier on the North American Continent [Paperback]

Richmond P. Hobson (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart (January 1, 1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0771041705
• ISBN-13: 978-0771041709
• Product Dimensions: 5.3 x 0.7 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #103,688 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #17 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Regional Canada
  • #20 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Historical > Canadian
  • #28 in Books > History > Americas > Canada

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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a book that has no comparison and no equal., October 31, 1999

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Steven Heller ([e-mail]) (Moscow, Idaho) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grass Beyond the Mountains: Discovering the Last Great Cattle Frontier on the North American Continent (Paperback)

Outstanding! This book was an absolute, heart pounding thrill to read. An epic illustration of the unstopable drive of the human heart and the unyeilding will of man to print his own name across the pages of time. Men and women of a class that survives now, only in the memories or our lost heritage. People with unconquerable spirit and no notion of the impossible. If comparison were possible, this book would be the Bendigo Shafter of non-fiction but even the endless imagination of the great Louis L'Amour could not stand against the unforgiving truth of a land not tamed by man. The writing is clear and descriptive, showing the obvious education and experience of it's author, a man who chose ranching by choice rather than out of necessity. As the pages turn, the reader gets a look into the lives of these mountain men and without effort, we learn to understand each and every character, almost to the point of friendship. Quite an accomplishment in a fast-paced 250 page book. The pride, drive, knowledge, and respect of these men for the world they lived in is unparelleled. Though I was forced to perform certain daily activities, my mind never left the book until I could complete it's last inspiring page and sit breathlesly paralized in awe and admiration of this newly created dream world. This is the greatest book that I have ever been given the pleasure to read and I don't hesitate to say that the next two books I read will be the conclusion to it's sequence.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hobson gives an excellent account of the way it really is., June 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Grass Beyond the Mountains: Discovering the Last Great Cattle Frontier on the North American Continent (Paperback)

This book debunks the cowboy myth and shows the life of a rancher the way it really is. Well written, with tragedy and humor on every page, this book also shows the relationship between man and horse the way it should be. If I hadn't already been there, I'd go looking for a cowboy job now.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Canadian History - Simple Elegant Writing, December 3, 1997

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This review is from: Grass Beyond the Mountains: Discovering the Last Great Cattle Frontier on the North American Continent (Paperback)

There was a time, that can be recalled by just a few who are still alive, when northern British Columbia Canada was much like the American West. This book describes the adventures involved in surviving and prospering in cattle country. When you are done with the book you will feel that you have learned enough to lead a winter cattle drive through unknown country. As Pan says in the book, "Nothin' to it, nothin at all.