Cowhand: The Story of a Working Cowboy

by Fred Gipson

Book Overview

Readers brought up on Hollywood westerns will have their eyes opened by this story of a working cowboy. Although he never chased a rustler or rescued a pretty girl and probably couldn't even hire on as an extra in a B-grade western, Ed Alford (or "Fat") has worked cattle most of his life. Fred Gipson's vivid, earthy book about this cowhand, now in paperback, tells what the job is really like, the hardships, the hell-raising, and the sheer monotony...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890969841
• ISBN13: 9780890969847
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.2"