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The Wire that Fenced the West is a book written by Henry D. and Frances T. McCallum and published in 1965 by the University of Oklahoma Press.
Contents
The book covers the history of the development of barbed wire and the inventors. It also include chapters of how it was marketed and the history of its use in the American West. It includes an illustrated identification guide showing the various brands, styles, and patents.
Chapters
I. Barbed-Wire Fence-Makers
1. Threshold of Promise2. Prelude to 18743. Incident at De Kalb4. Pre-Glidden Fences5. Promoting Barbed Wire6. Moonshine and Monopoly7. Patent Litigation8. Barbed-Wire BaronsII. Barbed-Wire Fence-Builders
9. "This Cockeyed World of Cattle Fold"10. "The Big Die-up"11. "King of the Coasters" and Brother Jon12. "Starten' in to Play H--- with Texas"13. "Improvements" on the Public Domain14. "Trail to Rail"15. "Alambre! Alambre! Alambre!"16. A Nineteenth-Century Alegory17. Modern Trends18. Classification19. IdentificationEditions
References
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