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A self-described horse wrangler, bronc beaker, and rough-string rider for cow outfits from Canada to the Mexican border, old-time cowboy Fay Ward simply yet colorfully describes every detail of the working cowhand's life and job. Want to know how to throw a half-diamond hitch and wield a branding iron? Do you konw how to trap wild mustangs and rig and use a saddle? Are you interested in the recipe for S. B. stew? This authoritative manual will explain it all. Captivating reading for working cowboys and illustrated with 600 drawings and diagrams by the author, this book is also as indispensable for the dude ranch wrangler as it is for the armchair bronc-buster and anyone interested in cowboy love and life. "We are fortunate in having this minute compilation of cowboy lore."--Library Journal. "Quite likely the best book of its kind to appear written by a veteran cowboy in colorful but explicit prose, and providing just about as complete a cow country manual as you could want. A greenhorn could almost set up ranching by absorbing Mr. Fay's lore, and western fans will find his book a treasure-house of information."--Springfiled Republican. Republication of The Cowboy at Work: All About His Job and How He Does It, originally published by Hastings House, New York, 1958.
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"We are fortunate in having this minute compilation of cowboy lore." and#8212;
Library Journal"Quite likely the best book of its kind to appear . . . written by a veteran cowboy in colorful but explicit prose, and providing just about as complete a cow country manual as you could want. . . . A greenhorn could almost set up ranching by absorbing Mr. Fay's lore, and western fans will find this book a treasure-house of information." and#8212; Springfield Republican
Aand#160;self-described horse wrangler, bronc breaker, and rough-string rider for cow outfits from Canada to the Mexican border, old-time cowboy Fay Ward simply yet vividly describes every detail of the working cowhand's life and job.
Want to know how to throw a half-diamond hitch and wield a branding iron? How about learning how to trap wild mustangs and rig and use a saddle? Interested in the recipe for S. B. stew? This authoritative manual explains it all.
Illustrated with 600 drawings and diagrams by the author, this is a captivating and informative read for working cowboys, dude ranch wranglers, armchair bronc-busters, and anyone interested in cowboy life and lore.
Synopsis
An old-time cowboy colorfully describes every detail of the working cowhand's life and job. Captivating reading for working cowboys and illustrated with 600 drawings and diagrams by the author, this book is also as indispensable for the dude ranch wrangler as it is for the armchair bronco-buster and anyone interested in cowboy life.
Synopsis
Want to know how to throw a half-diamond hitch and wield a branding iron? Interested in the recipe for S. B. stew? This authoritative manual by an old-time cowboy explains it all. 600 black-and-white illustrations.