Edward Everett Dale gives a first-hand account of the way pioneer families and cowboys of the frontier lived. Dr. Dale has lived in a sod house, and he once rode the range as cook to a group of cowboys. In this book he draws on his varied experiences to describe all aspects of frontier life—the building of a home, the problems of finding wood and water, the procuring and cooking of food, medical practices, and the cultural, social, and religious life of pioneer families.

This edition is a digital facsimile of the 1959 edition.

• Foreword
• I. The Romance of the Range
• II. Cowboy Cookery
• III. American Frontier Culture
• IV. From Log Cabin to Sod House
• V. Wood and Water: Twin Problems of the Prairie Plains …
• VI. Food of the Frontier
• VII. The Social Homesteader
• VIII. Teaching on the Prairie Plains, 1890–1900
• IX. The Frontier Literary Society
• X. Frontier Medical Practices
• XI. The Old-Time Religion
• XII. Old Navajoe: A Typical Frontier Town
• Index