{"id":219,"date":"2021-04-05T10:21:17","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T14:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/flintandfeather\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=219"},"modified":"2022-02-04T09:48:25","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T14:48:25","slug":"the-cattle-country","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/chapter\/the-cattle-country\/","title":{"raw":"The Cattle Country","rendered":"The Cattle Country"},"content":{"raw":"Up the dusk-enfolded prairie,\r\nFoot-falls, soft and sly,\r\nVelvet cushioned, wild and wary,\r\nThen\u2014the coyote\u2019s cry.\r\n\r\nRush of hoofs, and roar and rattle,\r\nBeasts of blood and breed,\r\nTwenty thousand frightened cattle,\r\nThen\u2014the wild stampede.\r\n\r\nPliant lasso circling wider\r\nIn the frenzied flight\u2014\r\nLoping horse and cursing rider,\r\nPlunging through the night.\r\n\r\nRim of dawn the darkness losing\r\nTrail of blackened soil;\r\nPerfume of the sage brush oozing\r\nOn the air like oil.\r\n\r\nFoothills to the Rockies lifting\r\nBrown, and blue, and green,\r\nWarm Alberta sunlight drifting\r\nOver leagues between.\r\n\r\nThat\u2019s the country of the ranges,\r\nPlain and prairie land,\r\nAnd the God who never changes\r\nHolds it in His hand.","rendered":"<p>Up the dusk-enfolded prairie,<br \/>\nFoot-falls, soft and sly,<br \/>\nVelvet cushioned, wild and wary,<br \/>\nThen\u2014the coyote\u2019s cry.<\/p>\n<p>Rush of hoofs, and roar and rattle,<br \/>\nBeasts of blood and breed,<br \/>\nTwenty thousand frightened cattle,<br \/>\nThen\u2014the wild stampede.<\/p>\n<p>Pliant lasso circling wider<br \/>\nIn the frenzied flight\u2014<br \/>\nLoping horse and cursing rider,<br \/>\nPlunging through the night.<\/p>\n<p>Rim of dawn the darkness losing<br \/>\nTrail of blackened soil;<br \/>\nPerfume of the sage brush oozing<br \/>\nOn the air like oil.<\/p>\n<p>Foothills to the Rockies lifting<br \/>\nBrown, and blue, and green,<br \/>\nWarm Alberta sunlight drifting<br \/>\nOver leagues between.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the country of the ranges,<br \/>\nPlain and prairie land,<br \/>\nAnd the God who never changes<br \/>\nHolds it in His hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"menu_order":4,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[48],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-219","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless"],"part":209,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/251"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/219\/revisions\/326"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/209"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/219\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=219"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=219"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/flintandfeather\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}