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carpii · 01-12-2009, 01:55 PM

Continuing with my theme of reading Old West books, at the moment Im nearly finished "The Log of a Cowboy".
This is a semi-factual account of a huge cattle drive across America, and includes some humorous anecdotes, along with accounts of the really hard work they endured. Its not about gunslingers or Hollywood cowboys, but the real 'cowboys'

A lot of it I hadn't even considered, such as the lengths they went to, to get the wagons over the rivers, or the fact they had to somehow calm down a stampeding herd using just a rope and their horse.
Also a lot of the country was still relatively uncharted at this point, so the leader was responsible not only for thousands of cattle in unknown country, but also for the lives of his men. I wonder how many CEOs really have that level of responsibility today? Not many Id guess.

Well I do like to rattle on, but theres no point just telling you what Im reading without some commentary, huh? :-)

I'm really enjoying it anyway.

The Log of a Cowboy (LRF format)

01-12-2009, 01:55 PM	#1284
carpii Enthusiast Posts: 38 Karma: 16 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Iliad or Sony	Continuing with my theme of reading Old West books, at the moment Im nearly finished "The Log of a Cowboy". This is a semi-factual account of a huge cattle drive across America, and includes some humorous anecdotes, along with accounts of the really hard work they endured. Its not about gunslingers or Hollywood cowboys, but the real 'cowboys' A lot of it I hadn't even considered, such as the lengths they went to, to get the wagons over the rivers, or the fact they had to somehow calm down a stampeding herd using just a rope and their horse. Also a lot of the country was still relatively uncharted at this point, so the leader was responsible not only for thousands of cattle in unknown country, but also for the lives of his men. I wonder how many CEOs really have that level of responsibility today? Not many Id guess. Well I do like to rattle on, but theres no point just telling you what Im reading without some commentary, huh? :-) I'm really enjoying it anyway. The Log of a Cowboy (LRF format)