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Cattle empire : : the fabulous story of the 3,000,000 acre XIT
| Title | Cattle empire : : the fabulous story of the 3,000,000 acre XIT |
| Names | Nordyke, Lewis. |
| Book Number | DBC18131 |
| Title Status | Active |
| Medium | Digital Book |
| Download Link | Downloadable talking book. |
| Annotation | Using primary documents, Nordyke writes a history of the famous XIT ranch in the panhandle of Texas. In 1879, the 16th Texas Legislature appropriated 3 million acres of land to finance a new state Capitol building. The destruction of the old capitol building by fire on November 9, 1881, made construction of new building urgent and early appropriated 3 million acres of land to finance a new state Capitol building. Strong language. |
| Narrator | Browning, Dorothy. |
| Local Subject | History, United States - HUS |
| History - HST | |
| Adult Book - AD | |
| Adult Non-Fiction - AN | |
| Short Book - SH | |
| Audience Notes | Contains strong language. |
| Female narrator. |
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| LC Subject | Ranch life |
| XIT Ranch (Tex.) |
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| Downloadable books |
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| Nonfiction |
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| Talking books |
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| Call Number | 976.4 |
| Language | English |
| Released | 1949 |
| Publication Info | Austin, TX : Texas State Library, Talking Book Program, 1949 |
| Original Publication | Recorded from: New York : W. Morrow, 1949. |