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The Red Pony. By Kit Kingsley. John Steinbeck. Wrote "The Grapes of Wrath" which won a Nobel Peace Prize Has wrote many books Has brought in many readers Uses very detailed script in most of his books Makes longer chapters than usual authors would
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The Red Pony By Kit Kingsley
John Steinbeck • Wrote "The Grapes of Wrath" which won a Nobel Peace Prize • Has wrote many books • Has brought in many readers • Uses very detailed script in most of his books • Makes longer chapters than usual authors would • Each chapter contains more than one main event most of the time
1930's • Food Prices: Milk, 14 cents a qt. Bread, 9 cents a loaf Round Steak, 42 cents a pound • Great Depression was just starting • Dust bowl started • Herbert Hoover, and Franklin D. Roosevelt were president • World war 2 started
Ranching • Ranching is a business of raising grazing livestock which would be sheep or cattle for the meats, wool, and hide. • Less common ranching livestock would be elk, American bison, even ostrich, emu, and alpacas. • All of which are usually ranched in the United States and Canada. • A livestock that is a stray is called a maverick • cattle are all kinds of cows and bulls • Bulls are male cattle • Cow's are female cattle
The Care of Horses • Need large amounts of water, salt, and minerals • Drink 5-10 gallons of water a day • The only kind of hay, alfalfa or grass to feed horses is very high quality hay, alfalfa, and or grass • Have to keep the hooves neat and trimmed so they do not crack
History of Salinas ,CA • Tribes of Native Americans first made their home in Salinas Valley • "Salinas" is Spanish for 'salt marsh' • At that time there was a large slough that ran through the area. • "Salinas City" was born after California became a territory of the United States. • In the mid-1800s, Salinas' agricultural industry began to grow • In the Salinas area with John Fremont flew the American flag on the highest peak of the"Gabilan Mountains"
What was the Dust Bowl? • A period of dust storms • Caused major ecological American and Canadian prairie lands • Caused major agricultural damage to American and Canadian prairie lands • Affected 100,000,000 acres on the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma • Adjacent parts of New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas
Stetson Hats • First sold in Central City, Colorado in 1865 • Sold first as the “Boss of the Plains” • A type of more expensive head apparel • Sometimes made of leather • Used mostly for looks and protection against the sun • Made in various colors, shapes of rims, and sizes
Cowboy Boots • Most commonly made of leather • Sometimes made into purses • Can be found in square and pointy toed • Have different designs on them • Have different kinds of heels • Wide varieties of styles