Tailwind Both Ways: A Cowman’s Chronicle


In this memoir of a rancher, the author describes his life as a cowman, from moving to Mexico early on to pioneering on an isolated ranch and making deals with businessmen and Wall Street. A descendant of two of America’s pioneer ranch families, Lasater founded Isa Cattle Co., in San Angelo, Texas, which manages and markets Beefmasters nationally and internationally.

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An inside look up the inside of a building, with four floors and a dinosaur skeleton visible.
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