 High adventure and low blows! That’s been the cattle business on the high plains for the past five or six decades. Jack Reeve, born and raised in western Kansas, experienced it all. Gregarious, adventurous and innovative, Reeve tackled people and problems with enthusiasm and observed the developing cattle situation as he went. Fortunately, he saw and remembered the details as well as the big picture, and presents both in this saga of his life and times. His High Plains career spans the Depression, market booms and achievements of a new century. Reeve’s anecdotes recounting acquaintances and travels leaven his serious analysis of momentous changes in the cattle business and the economics and politics involved. For the panorama of six decades of cattle, business, and people on the high plains, this is the story! |
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| About the Author Looking Back, A Cattleman on the High Plains is about the life and times of Jack Reeve of Garden City, Kan. The author is as interesting as the book. A friend once said of Jack, “When presented with the same facts as everyone else, Jack frequently comes to a completely different conclusion,” which may or may not explain his success in business, but it absolutely makes for a great book. |
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| This book is the real thing – authentic, educational, amusing and entertaining. It even includes some advice. It is a unique look at an exciting time in the history of the cattle industry on the High Plains. From the very beginning of commercial cattle feeding, to irrigation, crops, technology, packing plants, structural changes in the industry, the people, the deals, ethanol plants and a fish farm, Jack covers it all with his own unique perspective. | ||