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A Cowman's Wife

Women played a vital and, until recently, frequently overlooked role in the settlement of the American West. They were not only mothers, schoolteachers, and nurses, but also cowgirls, outlaws, and ranchers. Mary Rak's career as a ranchwoman, and eventually an author, began in 1919, when she and her husband Charles Lukeman Rak purchased a 22,000-acre spread fifty miles north of Douglas, Arizona. She went on to recount her struggle to learn the cattle business and cope with the numerous problems of life on an isolated ranch. The new introduction to this rangeland classic was written by the late Sandra L. Myres. Her research into the lives and writings of ranchwomen provides an excellent background for understanding Mary Rak and her work.

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title.officialtitle
A Cowman's Wife
title.seriestitle
DeGolyer Library Cowboy and Ranch Life Series
title.addedtitle
Number Two: The DeGolyer Library Cowboy and Ranch Life Series.
creator
Rak, Mary Kidder, 1879-1958
contributor.aui
Myres, Sandra L.
contributor.edt
Farmer, David
contributor.dsr
Timmons, David
publisher
Texas State Historical Association
date
1993
language
eng
description.content
Autobiographical anecdotes by Mary Rak about running a cattle ranch with her husband in Arizona. Index starts on page 293.
description.physical
xx, vii, 301 p. : ill.
subject.LCSH
Ranch life -- Arizona.
subject.LCSH
Ranchers' spouses -- Arizona -- Biography.
subject.LCSH
Old Camp Rucker Ranch (Ariz.)
subject.LCSH
Rak, Mary Kidder, 1879-1958.
subject.UNTL-BS
Agriculture - Ranching - Ranches
subject.UNTL-BS
Social Life and Customs
subject.UNTL-BS
Agriculture - Domestic Animals - Cattle
subject.KWD
autobiographies
subject.KWD
histories
subject.KWD
cattle ranches
primarySource
0
coverage.placeName
United States - Arizona - Cochise County
coverage.sDate
1917~
coverage.eDate
193u
collection
TSHAM
institution
TSHA
resourceType
text_book
format
text
identifier.OCLC
27811218
identifier.ISBN
0876111274
identifier.LCCN
93-7187
identifier.SERIESNO
2
identifier.LOCAL-CONT-NO
TSHA_0088
identifier.UNTCAT
b1709032
identifier.CALL-NO
SF197.4.R35 1993
note.display
Reprint of text published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Riverside Press (Cambridge, Mass.) in 1934.
note.nonDisplay
Added title from back of book.
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