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COM.ONIXSUITE.9781611453287 03 01 Arcade Publishing 01 GCOI 55970100516200 01 SKU 611328 02 1611453283 03 9781611453287 15 9781611453287 11 BC 1 A01 Hyde, Dayton Dayton Hyde 2 A01 Hyde, Dayton O. Dayton O. Hyde <strong>Dayton O.Hyde</strong> is a rancher, photographer, self-taught naturalist, and essayist. The author of fifteen books, including the classic <em>Don Coyote</em>, he has won awards for his writing and conservation work. He founded the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary in South Dakota, where he now lives. 01 eng 264 00 264 03 BIO026000 24 Internet Biography 24 Internet History 01 <p>At age thirteen, Dayton Hyde, a spirited beanpole of a boy, ran away from home in Michigan to Yamsi, his uncle’s ranch in eastern Oregon. This was in the 1930s, and Yamsi was one of the last great cattle ranches of the West. Soon the boy, nicknamed “Hawk,” was riding a horse, soaking up ranch life from the hired hands, and winning the cowboys’ respect.</p><p>A natural bronco buster, he eventually became a rodeo rider, bull fighter, clown, and photographer, working all over the West with the likes of Slim Pickens, Rex Allen, and Mel Lambert—all of whom went on to careers in Hollywood—and selling pictures to <em>Life</em> magazine. After the Second World War, he took over the reins at Yamsi, ensuring its survival in changing times. Now, half a century later, he gives us his valedictory ode to that last great period of the Old West. Full of humor, rollicking stories, and love of the land, Hyde pays homage to the cowboys, Indians, and great horses that made the West the legend it is today. </p> 02 No one is better suited to convey the flavor of the Old West than this authentic American original, whose colorful tales of cowboys, Indians, and the horses they rode have the grace of poetry and the power of... 08 “Graceful. . . . Enlightening. . . . More than a memoir, this book is an elegy to a world and a way of life.” 08 “<p>As wistful as it is humorous, this salty memoir is also an elegy for a bygone era.</p>” 08 “A lovely memoir of a world—or at least a West—that no longer exists.” Larry McMurtry, author of Lonesome Dove 04 03 72 01 http://www.arcadepub.com/resources/titles/55970100516200/images/55970100516200L.jpg 07 03 72 01 http://www.arcadepub.com/resources/titles/55970100516200/images/55970100516200S.jpg http://www.arcadepub.com/book/?GCOI=55970100516200 Arcade Publishing 01 Skyhorse Publishing 04 20111001 02 AS GU MP PH PR US VI 03 ROW 01 0.8185404 in 02 0.5590032 in 03 0798576 in 07 6300065 National Book Company, Inc. http://www.wwnorton.com 02 WORLD AD AE AF AG AI AL AM AO CC AT AU AW AZ BA BB BD BE BF BG BH BI BJ BN BT RS BW BY CA CX AQ CF CG CH CI CK CM CU CV GS CY CZ DE DJ DK DM DZ EE EG EH ER ES ES ET FI FJ FK FM FO FR GA GB GB GB GD GE GF GH GI GL GM GN GQ GR IO GW GY KP HR HT HU IE IL IN MO IQ IR IS IT JM JO KE KG KI KM KN KW KY KZ LB LC LI LK LR LS LT LU LV LY MA MC MD MG MH UM ML MM MN YT MQ MR MS MT MU MV MW MZ NA NC NE NF NG NL NL NO NP NR NU OM PA PF PF PG PG PK PL PM PN PT PW QA RE RO RU RU RW SA SB SC SD SE SH SI SJ SK SL SM SN SO SR ST SY SZ TC TD BL TG TJ TK TM TN TO TR TT TV TZ UA UG UZ VA VC VG VU WF WS YE IM ZA ZM ZW ZW 02 Y 21 24 01 02 14.95 USD