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Edgar Beecher Bronson (1856-1917) was a Nebraska rancher, a West Texas cattleman, an African big-game hunter, a serious photographer and starting late in life, an author of fiction and personal memoirs. As he matured as a writer, his works showed a "marked advance...in characterization." Bronson was a nephew of famed abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher.Formerly a reporter for the New York Tribune, Bronson headed west in 1877 to learn the cattle business under the directive of Clarence King - first director of the United States Geological Survey and owner of large mining and cattle operations in the American West. Bronson worked for one season in Wyoming before starting his own ranch with 716 cows with calves. Bronson chose Sioux County, Nebraska for the site of his first ranch.

Edgar Beecher Bronson (1856-1917) was a Nebraska rancher, a West Texas cattleman, an African big-game hunter, a serious photographer and starting late in life, an author of fiction and personal memoirs. He was a nephew of famed abolitionist Henry Ward Beecher. Formerly a reporter for the New York Tribune, Bronson headed west in 1877 to learn the cattle business under the directive of Clarence King - first director of the United States Geological Survey and owner of large mining and cattle operations in the American West. Bronson worked for one season in Wyoming before starting his own ranch with 716 cows with calves. Bronson chose Sioux County, Nebraska for the site of his first ranch. His works include: Reminiscences of a Ranchman (1908), The Red- Blooded Heroes of the Frontier (1910), In Closed Territory (1910), The Vanguard (1914) and The Love of Loot and Women (1917).

This book has everything you'd expect in a classic western cowboy novel: cattle ranching, rustlers, gunfights, miserable winters, and making the transition from tenderfooting to cowboy. Edgar Beecher Bronson wrote it, and the rest of his popular works, between 1910 and 1917. Great action, cowboy lingo, and great illustrations.

Edgar Beecher Bronson (1856-1917) was a Nebraska rancher, a West Texas cattleman, an African big-game hunter, and a serious photographer. "In Closed Territory," is a wonderfully interesting account of hunting big game in British East Africa over the same ground covered by Colonel Roosevelt. Mr. Bronson was attended by many guides and bearers later engaged for the Roosevelt expedition. and he writes of the people, country, customs, etc., in a highly entertaining and illuminating manner. Mr. Bronson's best known previous contribution to literature was his "Reminiscences of a Ranchman."CONTENTSI. Through Pathless DesertII. Old Jungle Warriors At BayIII. Kudu, Cobra, Wild Dog, And ElandIV. Seen From A Rhino's BedV. Fickle Equatorial FashionsVI. Along Unmapped Nile SourcesVII. Surrounded By Wild ElephantVIII. "close Thing, That, Right-oh!"IX. A Hideous Old HaunterX. In The Tall Grass Tuskers LoveXI. A Mighty Spear ThrustXII. Potting A PythonXIII. The Luck Of The GameXIV. Is Central Africa A White Man's Country?XV. Rubbering In UgandaXVI. The Hazards Of The Game

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