Bøger af Alice Marriott

A study of women cattle ranchers from Wyoming to Florida. The author's concern throughout was to portray "the West, not as a scene of blood-and-thunder melodrama, but as a background for a way of life and a way of making a living".

Brings together two volumes by a distinguished ethnologist. "Saynday's People" talks about Saynday, a great joker who, when playing tricks, often got what was coming to him. "Indians on Horseback" is both a history of the Kiowas and a vivid account of their way of life. It also includes recipes for such dishes as pemmican and stone-boiled buffalo.