Walt Coburn's father pioneered in Montana Territory, joined the Vigilantes who chased road agents, and eventually built up one of the biggest cow outfits in the young state. The Circle C Ranch spread over thirty thousand acres in northern Montana, near the town of Malta. Walt is rather small for age fourteen--only "stirrup high" to his pony Snowflake--when he works on the Circle C and learns a lot from the tough cowboys, and from his own scrapes and falls. His summer vacation from school increases in excitement when Kid ...
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Walt Coburn's father pioneered in Montana Territory, joined the Vigilantes who chased road agents, and eventually built up one of the biggest cow outfits in the young state. The Circle C Ranch spread over thirty thousand acres in northern Montana, near the town of Malta. Walt is rather small for age fourteen--only "stirrup high" to his pony Snowflake--when he works on the Circle C and learns a lot from the tough cowboys, and from his own scrapes and falls. His summer vacation from school increases in excitement when Kid Curry and other members of the Wild Bunch loom on the horizon. "Stirrup High" conveys all the know-how and atmosphere of roughing it on a ranch in 1903.
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Add this copy of Stirrup High to cart. $11.21, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Brownstown, MI, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Unp-Bison Books.
Add this copy of Stirrup High to cart. $11.21, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Reno rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Reno, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Unp-Bison Books.
Add this copy of Stirrup High to cart. $28.00, good condition, Sold by HORSE BOOKS PLUS LLC rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Boston, VA, UNITED STATES, published 1966 by Julian Messner.
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Seller's Description:
Good. Size: 8vo-over 7.75"-9.75" tall; Solid exlib 3rd printing reading copy hardcover in age-toned and moderately soiled white background illustrated paper covered boards with black title on cover and backstrip and nice full color drawing of a cowboy on a grey horse encircled by english bridles and crops. Tips and spine ends bumped and rubbed. 190 pp text is browning but not brittle. pocket pulled but all pages present. Describes, in first person, exactly what early Montana ranch life was like. Coburn tells about his first cattle roundup (he was only 14 years old), ; the madcap horse-and-buggy race he and his father participated in when Coburn was a kid; an Indian burial rite he witnessed, how cowboys treated each other and much more.
Add this copy of Stirrup High to cart. $28.87, good condition, Sold by FCD Books & More rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fargo, ND, UNITED STATES, published 1966 by Julian Messner.
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Good. Third Printing 1966, Pictorial Cover Hardback, No DJ, Some normal cover corner & edge wear, Otherwise pages are clean, tight & flat. Item Shrink-wrapped for additional protection.
Add this copy of Stirrup High to cart. $30.81, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Brownstown, MI, UNITED STATES, published by Julian Messner.
Add this copy of Stirrup High to cart. $39.95, fair condition, Sold by mark henderson rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Olathe, KS, UNITED STATES, published 1957 by Julian Messner.
Add this copy of Stirrup High to cart. $74.52, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Bison Books.
Add this copy of Stirrup High to cart. $250.00, good condition, Sold by Becker's Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Houston, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1957 by Julian Messner.
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Illustrated by Ross Santee. Good in Fair dust jacket. Some wear and chips to dustjacket; Originally priced at $2.95/maroon cloth with black designs on front and black lettering & designs on spine in blue jacket with; 190 pages; Blue & black cowboy/horses ink illustration and yellow letttering on front and spine/jacket in mylar/chip tear at top and bottom spine and at front top edge and bottom corner.
Add this copy of Stirrup High (First Edition) Illustrated By Ross Santee to cart. $250.00, very good condition, Sold by Book Gallery / Mike Riley rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Phoenix, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 1957 by Julian Messner, Inc..
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Illustrated by SANTEE, ROSS. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover. First edition, First printing. Book has one small bump upper right corner, else Near Fine condition. Dust Jacket has some wear, else Very Good condition. 1957. Julian Messner publisher. 190 pages. Illustrated by Ross Santee.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; 190 pages.
