{"product_id":"the-longhorns","title":"The Longhorns","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Texas Longhorn made more history than any other breed of cattle the world has known. These wiry  intractable beasts were themselves pioneers in a harsh land  moving elementally with drouth  grass  Arctic blizzards  and burning winds. Their story is the bedrock on which the history of the cow country of America is founded. J. Frank Dobie was a tale spinner who appreciated the proper place of legend and folklore in history. In The Longhorns  he tells of the Spanish conquistadors  who brought their cattle with them; of ranching in the turbulent colonial times; of the cowboy  whose abandon  energy  insolence  and pride epitomized the booming West. He writes of terrifying stampedes  titantic bull fights on the range  ghost steers  and encounters with Indians. A tireless prospector of the history and legends of the Southwest  Dobie spent most of his life preparing to write this book. He was born in the Texas brush country where the Longhorns made their last stand; he back-trailed them into Mexico; he pursued the vivid lore of Texas cowboys and Mexican vaqueros. No historian or naturalist has ever so related an animal to the land  its people  and its history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44974646460469,"sku":"ByrdShop_0517028204","price":60.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780517028209.jpg?v=1770851536","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-longhorns","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}