Available from the Old West Library
Available from the Old West Library
by Theodore Roosevelt Originally published in 1886
Who Should Go West
20 pages
5.50" x 8.50"
Softcover, black & white images and text
{with a map of mentioned sites of the Western Frontier}
$10.95
ISBN 1-928757-02-2
The complete preface of the book by the editor. An excerpt dealing with ranching:
"To be able to follow the business at all, the man must be made of fairly stern stuff. He must be stout and hardy; he must be quick to learn, and have a fair share of dogged resolution; and must rapidly accustom himself to habits of complete self-reliance. If he wishes to lead a happy life, he must also be good-natured, for his companions will greet with the most merciless raillery the slightest timidity or clumsiness on the part of a beginner, and they are a class of men who will resent in the roughest and most effectual manner any exhibition of ill temper. Even after many months of patient practice it is rate that an Eastern-bred man attains to the perfection shown by the plainsman in the actual cow-boy work, such as throwing the rope, stopping a stampede, breaking a rough horse, etc. To make up for his shortcomings in these particulars, he must show especial excellence in other regards. He must work regularly, not by spasms; he must keep sober; must be always alert and ready, and willing to turn his hand to whatever comes up."
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