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#RH-16 - "Cattle Country of Peter French" by Giles French - Published by Binfords & Mort - Portland, Oregon, 1972 - Dustjacket - $25.00 The fascinating story of a physically small man who founded and wisely ran the largest cattle empire in Oregon history in the Blitzen Valley of Harney County! The tale of Peter French's unlikely rise to such prominence and untimely and violent end are the stuff of legends... of which his is one of the biggest! Hard-driving and ambitious, French, in just a few years, gained control of 200,000 acres of range land and had herds numbering thousands of head of cattle. The book is as honest a portrayal of the various people and events involved as has ever been compiled! The front and back endpapers consist of an impressively detailed map of the route French took bringing cattle from California to Oregon, and the SE portion of Oregon where he settled. Pinpointed on the map are the ranches of the other principal characters, plus other important locations and physical features in this real-life drama! The condition is NearFine in VeryGood dustjacket. The green cloth binding, lettered in brown on the front and spine, has only the faintest of bumps and rubs at the bottom of the spine. The dustjacket is price-clipped but has a small price sticker at the bottom of the front flap ($6.50)! It comes in a Brodart protective dust-jacket cover. Inside there is a gift inscription near the top of the front, free endpaper, and another at the top of the half-title page. Otherwise this book and its jacket are crisp, clean, tight, bright and complete... a truly important regional history in beautiful condition!