The Cowboy at Work

A 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 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 know 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."-Springfield Republican. Republication of The Cowboy at Work: All About His Job and How He Does It, originally published by Hastings House, New York, 1958. 600 black-and-white illustrations on 80 plates.