The Beef Bonanza; Or, How to Get Rich on the Plains. Being a Description of Cattle-Growing, Sheep-Parming, Horse-Raising, and Dairying in the West

Beef Bonzana – is a book which was published in 1881 and written by James Sanks Brisbin. He was an American educator, historian, lawyer, author and soldier. James Sanks Brisbin served as a Union Army general in the American Civil War. Beef Bonzana is a Brisbin’s bestseller where he encouraged investing in open-range cattle. In the far West, there is an American desert that cannot be used for any other purpose than raising large herds. These lands and their livestock are described on the following pages. The plains of the West, instead of being barren and worthless as early geographers assumed, have become one of the richest parts of our public domain. The huge tank of beef they contain has now become the subject of an interesting book.