Research Catalog

Title

My Flint Hills : observations and reminiscences from America's last tallgrass prairie / Jim Hoy.

Author

Hoy, James F.

Publication

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2020]

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Details

Description

xi, 290 pages : b & w illustrations (1 color illustration), portraits; 24 cm

Summary

"This is a short essay collection that, much like the author, wears many hats: it combines Kansas history, memoir, environmental history and conservation, and regional folklore. Jim's family has ranched in the Flint Hills since the 1870s and continues to do so to this day, both at Jim's Flying H Ranch and his son Josh's ranch in Chase County, the Flying W. The manuscript shares family stories and anecdotes about working ranch life alongside ruminations on the serene beauty of the Flint Hills, discussions of the ways that cattle ranching has changed over time, the history of the nearby town of Cassoday, the prairie's natural resources and efforts to preserve them, and tales of local legends and colorful characters (some of whom are also the author's relatives). In short, this book is a love letter to the Flint Hills, written by the person who knows them best"--

Alternative Title

Observations and reminiscences from America's last tallgrass prairie

Subjects

• Ranchers
• Ranch life
• Ranching
• Ranchers > Flint Hills (Kan. and Okla.) > Biography
• Flint Hills (Kan. and Okla.) > Rural conditions > Anecdotes
• History
• United States > Flint Hills
• Anecdotes
• Biographies
• Informational works
• Rural conditions
• Flint Hills (Kan. and Okla.) > History
• Flint Hills (Kan. and Okla.) > Biography
• Ranch life > Flint Hills (Kan. and Okla.) > Anecdotes
• Ranching > Flint Hills (Kan. and Okla.)

Genre/Form

• Informational works.
• Biographies.
• Anecdotes.
• History.

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

Machine generated contents note: Riding Out: Introduction -- Like No Other Place on Earth -- My Flint Hills -- Into the Hills -- The Flying H Ranch -- Kenneth and Marshall -- Grandma Breidenstein and Grandma Hoy -- Cattle -- Changes in Flint Hills Ranching -- Wild Cattle and Outlaw Steers -- Liggett Cattle Drive -- Checking Brands -- Weaning Calves -- Why Shipping? -- Horses -- Catching Horses -- Horseshoeing -- Horse Traders -- Horse Thieves and Vigilantes -- Winter Horses -- Some Ranches -- Rogler Ranch -- Clover Cliff Ranch -- Sauble Ranch -- Spring Hill Ranch and the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve -- On the Road -- Transportation and Status -- Farm Trucks and Stock Trailers -- Cattle Country Road Etiquette -- Life Around Cassoday -- Bruce Behymer -- May Memories -- Central -- Opal's Cafe -- Conway Springs -- Basketball at Cassoday High -- Hometown Stories -- Nature -- Coon Hunting -- Bumblebees -- Badgers -- Flies and Screwworms -- Coyotes -- A Bit about Birds -- The Green Glacier -- Konza Prairie Biological Station -- Water and Water Witches -- Some Thoughts on Drouth -- Let There Be Night -- Legends and Tales -- Preston Plumb -- French Frank -- Yeager's Raid -- Knute Rockne -- Maud Wagner -- Three Flint Hills Cowgirls -- Rufe King -- Scatterings -- The Flint Hills and Hollywood -- High Culture in the Flint Hills -- Dirt -- Folk Signs -- Flint Hills Rock Signs -- Jake Leg -- Cattle Guards -- Riding Back: Conclusion -- Summer a Horseback.

Call Number

JFE 21-1140

ISBN

• 9780700629930
• 0700629939
• 9780700629947 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2020008281
• 40030227866

OCLC

1141944562

Author

Hoy, James F., author.

Title

My Flint Hills : observations and reminiscences from America's last tallgrass prairie / Jim Hoy.

Publisher

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2020]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Other Standard Identifier

40030227866

Research Call Number

JFE 21-1140