The Making of a Cowboy [signed] [first edition]

The stillness of a prairie night, the immense silence under a starry sky, save for the bawling of a steer in the distance or perhaps the eerie howl of a coyote, the miles and miles of open range - this is a scene from the American West that few people will ever experience. For the range has been fenced in now and cowboys have rapidly been pushed aside with the advance of more modern methods of livestock handling, But the West of the open range is a vital part of our American heritage, as were the men and women that lived on it and worked the land and herded the cattle. It is this way of life that is celebrated in The Making of a Cowboy, by Vern C. Mortensen.