No Life for a Lady

Agnes Morley Cleaveland

U of Nebraska Press, Jan 1, 1977 - Social Science - 356 pages

"The author's reminiscences make vivid the everyday details of the cattle industry from the earliest days of the open range. . . . hair-raising and spine-tingling narrative but also a document of history."-Atlantic Monthly

Contents

• WHILE CLAY ALLISON SHOT UP THE TOWN: 5
• IT WASNT LOADED: 11
• THATS MY MOUNTAIN: 21
• A FATHERLESS SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON: 31
• PUT A KID ON A HORSE: 46
• CHILDREN GREW UP QUICKLY: 56
• ANIMALS WERE OUR FRIENDS: 65
• RAY AND I FIGHT IT: 72
• AUNT LAURA TAKES A HAND: 79
• LEARN THE PLIGHT OF THE EDUCATED INDIAN: 90
• COWS WERE OUR UNIVERSE: 105
• GRAY DICK: 112
• FROM SIX TO SIXSHOOTER: 121
• COWPUNCHER ON A SIDESADDLE: 127
• SATAN DIDNT LIKE PARASOLS: 134
• IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH: 146
• WE TOOK IT AND LIKED: 156
• A COWBOYS FORTUNE: 165
• WE THOUGHT IT FUNNY: 175
• TENDERFEET: 181
• RAY DISSOLVES A PARTNERSHIP: 190
• OUR NEIGHBOR THE OUTLAW: 198
• THE HEALER COMES TO DATIL: 220
• A CALL ON THE BRIDE: 226
• THE HOTEL SERVICE WAS HOMELIKE: 235
• OUR JEKYLLHYDE LIVES: 243
• RAY MORLEY THE LEGEND: 251
• CORKY IS TRIED FOR MURDER: 262
• THE LITERATI ARRIVE: 271
• GENE RHODES: 278
• WE WERE NOT FARMERS: 288
• INDIANS PLAYED THEIR PART: 298
• FROM CATTLE TO TOURISTS: 308
• BARBED WIRE SUPPLANTS HORSEFLESH: 318
• ON TO PIE TOWN: 331
• STREAK COLDJAWED: 340
• THE OXCHAIN: 347
• THE FIGGER4 ROAN: 355

Bibliographic information

• Title: No Life for a Lady; Volume 652 of Bison book; Life in America series; Women of the West
• Author: Agnes Morley Cleaveland
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: U of Nebraska Press, 1977
• ISBN: 0803258682, 9780803258686
• Length: 356 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / General; Social Science / Popular Culture