The Texas Ranch Sisterhood: Portraits of Women Working the Land (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781540241009)

Most people may think of ranchers and cowboys as men. But although they are under-chronicled, ranch women work from dark to dark, keeping step with hired hands, brothers, fathers and husbands. They blaze trails through unforgiving scrub. They cook supper and feed bulls. At any given time, they wear the hats-and the gloves-of geologist, veterinarian, lawyer and mechanic. They are fierce and feminine and powerful. Photojournalist and writer Alyssa Banta spent over a year following more than a dozen Texas women through their grueling daily routines, from the messy confines of the working chute to the sprawling reaches of the back pasture. The result of this unprecedented access is an intimate portrait of the challenges and achievements of the ranch women of the Lone Star State, along with the land and livestock that sustain them.

Author: Alyssa Banta
ISBN-10: 1540241009
ISBN-13: 9781540241009
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Language: English
Published: 10/14/2019
Pages: 194
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.26lbs
Size: 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.50d