Fred Barton and the Warlords' Horses of China : How an American Cowboy Brought the Old West to the Far East /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Weirather, Larry, 1944- (Author)
Corporate Author:	EBSCOhost
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
Subjects:	Barton, Fred, > 1889-1967. Barton, Fred, > 1889-1967 > Travel > China. Nicholas > II, > Emperor of Russia, > 1868-1918 > Friends and associates. Cowboys > Russia (Federation) > Siberia > Biography. Horse breeders > Russia (Federation) > Siberia > Biography. Americans > Russia (Federation) > Siberia > Biography. Warlordism > China > History > 20th century. Ranch life > Russia (Federation) > Siberia > History. Intelligence officers > United States > Biography. Cowboys > Montana > Miles City > Biography. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Fort Keogh days, 1889/1905
A young bronc peeler in Miles City, 1905/1911
Vladivostok and the world's largest horse ranch, 1911/1912
"Smoke 'em if you've got 'em" : the British-American Tobacco Co., 1912/1916
Horses for the warlords : the longest horse drive, 1917
15th Infantry cowboys and U.S. intelligence, 1917
Khabarovsk, Siberia to Hilar, Manchuria, 1917
Hilar, Manchuria to Urga, Mongolia, 1917
Across the Gobi : Urga to Kalgan, 1917
Final leg : Kalgan to Taiyuanfu, 1917
Montana cowboys in the Celestial Empire, 1918/1920
When to hold 'em, when to fold 'em, 1920/1937
Poor little rich boy and Princess Xenia, 1920
The many wives of a lifelong bachelor, here and abroad
Life without warlords : C.M. Russell and the Fred Barton Museum of the Old West, 1937/1967
Barton and the Hollywood cowboys
Ruminating on guys, gussies, and morons at trail's end
Epilogue.