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Signed By:Michael Wallis
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Book Series:Historical
Narrative Type:Nonfiction
Original Language:English
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Intended Audience:Adults
Edition:First Edition
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Era:1990s
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Book Title:Real Wild West : the 101 Ranch and the Creation of the American West
Number of Pages:640 Pages
Language:English
Publisher:St. Martin’s Press
Topic:Agriculture / Animal Husbandry,United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx),General,United States / General,Sociology / Rural
Item Height:2.1 in
Publication Year:1999
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Genre:Technology & Engineering,Social Science,Biography & Autobiography,History
Item Weight:42 Oz
Item Length:9.5 in
Author:Michael Wallis
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Cowboy theatrics and rich American history are revealed in this chronicle of the famous Wild West review that brings together Geronimo, Buffalo Bill, Will Rogers, and many others to explore the grandeur, and the tragedy, of the American West. From Publishers WeeklyAfter reading Wallis’s lively history, even readers who had never heard of the 101 Ranch will feel as if they’ve known of it all their lives. At its height, George W. Miller’s 101 Ranch, so named in 1893, covered 110,000 acres in what is now Oklahoma. It was not only a ranching empire but also a western legend. In fact, as Wallis (Route 66: the Mother Road) tells it, the 101 played a critical role in creating the West as it came to exist in the American popular imagination. The 101 staged elaborate Wild West shows and was largely responsible for Hollywood’s infatuation with the West (which in turn was responsible for the country’s infatuation). Will Rogers, Tom Mix and the famous African-American cowboy Bill Pickett performed in the 101’s shows, and the ranch itself was a favorite filming location for many early Hollywood westerns. Readers will quickly turn the pages, as Wallis portrays larger-than-life characters such as Lucille Mulhall, billed as the « original cowgirl, » of whom Wallis writes: « Weighing less than a pair of fancy Mexican saddles, Lucille not only threw steers and busted broncs but also stalked prairie wolves, branded cattle, and roped as many as eight running range horses at once. She was an absolute showstopper. » Miller’s sons kept the 101 alive until the Depression, after which the ranch was divided into small farms. Full of amazing storiesAvirtually a who’s who of popular Western cultureAWallis’s book tells a tale of people in whom genuine accomplishment and show-biz promotion fused in a marriage as quintessentially American as the idea of the Wild West itself.Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.From Library JournalAfter fighting for the Confederacy in the Civil War, George Washington Miller left his native Kentucky and, like many other Southerners, set out West. Building a new fortune by bringing up herds of cattle from Texas, he and his sons eventually established the 101 RanchAone of the biggest, most famous, and longest-lived of the old WestAnear the present Ponca City, OK. The Miller brothers were early pioneers in the rodeo business; Bill Pickett, the famous black cowboy who created the sport of steer wrestling, rode and performed for the 101, which ran a renowned Wild West show for many years that included nearby Ponca and Otoe Indians. (During oil boom times, it was charged that the Millers obtained oil leases from Indians in unscrupulous ways.) The Millers also provided many riders and stock for early Western movies. Wallis (Route 66: The Mother Road, St. Martin’s, 1990) has written a lively account of this fascinating family that in many ways exemplified the best and worst of the Old West and helped translate it into popular mythology. Highly recommended.ACharles V. Cowling, Drake Memorial Lib., Brockport, NYCopyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.From BooklistAccording to Wallis, the legendary 101 Ranch was the embodiment of the romantic image of the American West. Formally established in 1893 by Colonel George Washington Miller, the 101 Ranch incorporated more than 100,000 acres of prime Oklahoma grassland and stretched across four counties. In addition to their livestock, farming, and oil interests, the Miller family also operated an extraordinarily popular Wild West show featuring a « rollicking company of buckaroos, wranglers, ropers, trick shooters, and wild horse riders. » Some of the more memorable characters to visit the ranch or to perform with the show included Geronimo, Buffalo Bill, Lucille Mulhall, Will Rogers, and Tom Mix. A victim of its own success as well as its own excess, the overextended Miller empire crumbled when it suffered a series of devastating economic blows in the mid-1930s. Still, during its turn-of-the-century heyday, the 101 Ranch represented virtually the only locale in the country where the « West of the imagination collided and merged with the West of reality. » Margaret FlanaganFrom Kirkus ReviewsA wild and woolly history of a cowpoke mecca. Missouri-born writer Wallis (Way Down Yonder in the Indian Nation, 1993, etc.) has spent the better part of his prolific career explaining Oklahoma to the rest of the world. With The Real Wild West, whose subtitle is a touch overblown, he turns his attention to the big chunk of the state that a famed ranch took in for several decades: the 101, owned by the Miller Brothers dynasty, a 110,000-acre spread that produced cattle, grain, and western myth in roughly equal portions. The western myth element, as Wallis ably shows, came from the Miller Brothers’ well-tuned sense of self-promotion: onto their ranch came such characters as Geronimo, Will Rogers, Buffalo Bill, and Tom Mix, the last a Hollywood cowboy who worked on the ranch for a short time. (Another Hollywood cowboy, John Wayne, learned « how to ride and how to walk with a cowboy’s rolling gait » under the tutelage of a 101 alumnus, Yakima Canutt.) With an eye for the Big Picture and a sweeping style, Wallis traces the fortunes of the ranch from a political and economic powerhouse to its eventual decline some decades ago. Along the way, he turns up some nicely pointed commentary that has not been often used before, such as historian Emerson Hough’s remark that « the chief figure of the American West, the figure of the ages, is not the long-haired, fringed-legged man riding a rawboned pony, but the gaunt and sad-faced woman sitting on the front seat of the wagon, following her lord where he might lead. » Wallis gives those sad-faced women room to speak in his book, but as might be expected, the rootin’-tootin’ cowpokes speak louder, blustering from roundup to feud to the occasional gunfight. This is western history told with twang and flair, and fans of Lonesome Dove and Louis L’Amour should eat it up. (16 pages color, 32 pages b&w photos) — Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.ReviewWallis … is the first writer to tie together the 101 Ranch’s many stories… — The New York Times Book Review, Allen BarraFrom the Publisher »It’s hard to imagine a better fit between subject and author than Michael Wallis and the 101 Ranch. Michael Wallis’s deep knowledge of Oklahoma–both its history and character–enables him to tell the story of this legendary group of entrepreneurs and ranch hands with vividness and verve. The book is a very good read. » –Larry McMurtry, author of Lonesome Dove »For decades the story of 101 Ranch and the Miller family has delighted young and old alike. I was privileged to know quite a few of the 101 gang such as Tom Mix, Ken Maynard, Buck Jones, Will Rogers, and Yakima Canutt. The stories they could tell left you breathless and wanting more. Michael Wallis’s book will serve as an outstanding and entertaining guide to an institution that has played a significant role in the history of our great country. » –Gene Autry »There are no better stories than those of the Miller brothers and the 101 Ranch. There is no other writer who could have re-created the fun and games and drama of this extraordinary saga better than Michael Wallis. Every character and episode spring and hump and vibrate from page to page, happening to happening. To borrow a relative term–this book is a hoot! » –Jim Lehrer

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