Tag: The Hearts of Horses

The cowboying way of life.

I’ve been doing a considerable amount of research into life in the American West in 1890, which reminded me of these two great reads. I simply disappeared between the covers of this book. Hilarious, heart-breaking and oh so real, this isn’t just a story about a cowboy and the cowboying way of life, it’s about…

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This would be a terrific book club book.

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“You ranch long enough, you make peace with what you can’t help.”

It’s 1938, and ranch-raised 19-year old Bud Frazer’s family lost first his sister in a riding accident and then their ranch, and after a couple of years following the rodeo circuit he heads for Hollywood to find work riding horses in Westerns. There are a lot of different things going on here, just for starters…

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