The Cattle Guard Louis W. Bloede John Thelin describes how sports

John Thelin describes how sports programs--although seldom accorded official mention with teaching and research in the university mission statement--have become central to university life

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The Cattle Guard Louis W. Bloede John Thelin describes how sportsWith this study the cattle guard joins the sod house, the windmill, and barbed wire as a symbol of range country on the American Great Plains. A U. S. folk innovation now in use throughout the world, the cattle guard functions as both a gate and a fence: it keeps livestock from crossing, but allows automobiles and people to cross freely. The author blends traditional history and folklore to trace the origins of the cattle guard and to describe how, in