Summary of Timothy Egan's The Worst Hard Time

Everest Media

Description

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 The family was on the road to Texas, traveling through No Man's Land, a strip of geographic afterthought in the far western end of the Oklahoma Panhandle. The land was so threadbare that the Great Plains tilted slightly. They considered selling the organ, their prized possession, and making another horse purchase.
#2 The family made it to No Man's Land, which was Cimarron County, Oklahoma. The children were excited to see how it looked different from Texas, as they had never been that far before.
#3 The Comanche were a Native American tribe that lived in what is now Texas. They were extremely skilled horse riders, and their Charging Cheer was a great asset on the battlefield, as they could charge at the Texans and Europeans with great efficiency.
#4 The signing of the Medicine Lodge Agreement did not save the bison, as the Texas Rangers continued to hunt them, and their meat was used for food by the Comanche.

Sujets

• Géographie
• Géographie
• Géographie
• Géographie
• 20th century
• United States

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 04 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669350088
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Insights on Timothy Egan's The Worst Hard Time
Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights from Chapter 3 Insights from Chapter 4 Insights from Chapter 5 Insights from Chapter 6 Insights from Chapter 7 Insights from Chapter 8 Insights from Chapter 9 Insights from Chapter 10
Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The family was on the road to Texas, traveling through No Man's Land, a strip of geographic afterthought in the far western end of the Oklahoma Panhandle. The land was so threadbare that the Great Plains tilted slightly. They considered selling the organ, their prized possession, and making another horse purchase.

#2

The family made it to No Man's Land, which was Cimarron County, Oklahoma. The children were excited to see how it looked different from Texas, as they had never been that far before.

#3

The Comanche were a Native American tribe that lived in what is now Texas. They were extremely skilled horse riders, and their Charging Cheer was a great asset on the battlefield, as they could charge at the Texans and Europeans with great efficiency.

#4

The signing of the Medicine Lodge Agreement did not save the bison, as the Texas Rangers continued to hunt them, and their meat was used for food by the Comanche.

#5

The American government wanted to preserve the buffalo and the Native Americans, but they were largely wiped out by 1870. The prairie was left with little but grass and dust.

#6

The XIT was a huge ranch in the Panhandle, and after the Civil War, it became the state capitol. It was a paradise for a cowboy, with no encroachers and plenty of grass.

#7

The biggest ranch in Texas, the XIT, had trouble making a profit. The open range was stocked with too many cattle, causing prices to crash. The XIT was a herbivore's nightmare.

#8

The syndicate that bought the land then turned it into a farm, demonstrating how anyone could make a living on the Texas flatlands.