{"product_id":"ogallala-elaine-nielsen-9780803234475","title":"Ogallala: A Century on the Trail","description":"Founded in the late 1800s as the hub of the burgeoning plains cattle trade, Ogallala serves as a microcosm of western history. The town typified western outposts of the age with cowboys--the knights-errant of the plains--ranchers, lawmen, Indians, dance hall girls, cardsharps, drifters, and adventure seekers, and was backdrop to some of the most rowdily lawless days in American history. But as the heady period of grazing cattle on the public domain came to a close, a new era of deeded land, fences, and increased population changed the very heart of Ogallala. The West became a more civilized and more hospitable place for women and children, churches, established newspapers, the Searle Opera House, banks, and fraternal orders and societies.\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eOgallala: A Century on the Trail\u003c\/i\u003e details the fascinating history of a small town on the edge of the Nebraska Sandhills from 1823 to 1923 and cannily provides a lens through which we can examine the social, economic, environmental, political, and cultural development of the American West as a whole.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elaine Nielsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803234473\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803234475\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bison Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.94h x 6.14w x 0.34d","brand":"Elaine Nielsen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992444764415,"sku":"9780803234475","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a23537d0-1b79-4fad-b24f-627fcd557843.jpg?v=1683318989","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ogallala-elaine-nielsen-9780803234475","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}