Cattle Brands vs Wolfville: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Cowboys, Ranch life, Westerns, Social life and customs, Fiction
Cattle Brands
From the book:It was a wet, bad year on the Old Western Trail. From Red River north and all along was herd after herd waterbound by high water in the rivers. Our outfit lay over nearly a week on the South Canadian, but…
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Wolfville
The old fellow had lighted a cob pipe and tilted his chair back in a fashion which proclaimed a plan to be comfortable. He had begun to tolerate—even encourage—my society, although it was clear that as a tenderfoot he…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Cattle Brands is the quickest read — about 3 hours vs 6 for Wolfville.
- Cattle Brands has the widest readership — 182 ratings behind its score.
Scores by source
| Cattle Brands | Wolfville | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (182) | 3.4 (17) |
| Apple Books | 5.0 (7) | — |
Reception
| Cattle Brands | Wolfville | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 182 | 17 |
| Editions | 16 | 17 |
| Film adaptations | — | 1 |
| Want to read | 122 | 62 |
| Reading it now | 88 | 14 |
| Written reviews | 9 | 6 |
| Wikipedia attention | — | 2188 |
| Pages | 176 | 337 |