The world of the West has been from the beginning a man's world,
but there are homes and wives and children there, too. And although
the time of water hauled in barrels and of homemade candles is long
past, the ranch wife of today must be prepared to deal with
housekeeping, shopping, and personal problems in wholly original
ways as the need arises. For ranches are usually far from town and
neighbors are scattered, so that good humor and a good sense of
humor, as well as the more conventional virtues of courage and
fortitude, must be possessed by the ranch woman.For more than
eighteen months Alice Marriott traveled the cattle country from
Wyoming to Florida-visiting, observing, and talking with the women
on the ranches and with their men. This book is the story of these
women, who share with their men-folks the problems and pleasures of
ranch life. It's about the city girl transformed into ranch wife,
about the women who were born on ranches, and about their families
and the cattle they raise. She reports on the modern roundups, the
cattle sales, the courage of both men and women in the face of a
howling blizzard, and the tragedy of a cow with a broken leg. Here
they are-the real people of the cattle country and the real things
that happen to them in a society in which the man's work is sharply
distinguished from the woman's. And, concludes Miss Marriott, ranch
life ""can be hard and tough and truly hell for the women who live
it, but it can also come about as close to Heaven as any life a
woman can live today."" This is a book for Western enthusiasts, for
women everywhere, and for just good reading.
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