America's Sheep Trails, History-Personalities.

EDWARD NORRIS WENTWORTH

Publication: The Iowa State College Press, 1948, Ames, Iowa

First edition. Thick 8vo. Pictorial cloth, titles printed in brown, xxii, 667 pp., foreword, acknowledgments, double column, illustrated, frontispiece (double page), plates, portraits, maps, facsimiles, tables, appendix, bibliography. appendix, references cited, index. Illustrated by H. D. Bugbee. Story of the role the sheep industry played in building America. A massive volume that portrays the important role the sheep industry and its developers played in building the American landscape. Includes sections that deal with The Merino Wave, The era of the Great Trails, America’s efforts in sheep breeding, the Cattle-Sheep Wars, and much more. The author was the director of Armour Meat Packing Company's livestock bureau for more than 25 years. Fine, tight copy in the elusive dust jacket with minor wear to the head of spine and corners and with a 1 1/2" chip to bottom edge of rear cover. An attractive copy.

Inventory Number: 52722