01616cam a2200289 4500 211817830 TxAuBib 20150406120000.0 990712s1999||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 99038415 9780878424078 alk. paper 0878424075 alk. paper 9780878424061 pbk. : alk. paper 0878424067 pbk. : alk. paper (OCoLC)41944577 TxAuBib James, Will, 1892-1942. Home Ranch [Paperback Book] / by Will James ; illustrated by the author. 2004 Re-Print Paperback Edition. Missoula, Mont : Mountain Press Publishing Co., 1999. xiii, 286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Tumbleweed series John B. Smith started out with nothing but a saddle and a long rope - long enough to lasso someone else's cattle. He left Texas in a hurry with an "appropriated" herd and headed north to find a spread of his own. Half a century later he reigned over the Seven X Ranch, a "fair sized outfit" about sixty miles long and more than forty miles wide. With characteristic understatement and drawl, Will James tells the story of life on the Seven X - a story of hard work, tough humor and longtime friendships. Join John B. and his family on the home ranch as they round up long horns, ride circle with the cowboys and try in vain to keep tenderfoots from the city out of trouble. 20150406. Tumbleweed series. TXBAY