All I Ever Wanted to Be Was A Cowboy
Published on 24. June 2014
160 pages
978-1-60138-974-9 (ISBN)
Description
Bill Roberts is an 82-year-old cowboy from Florida. This book is a collection of stories about what cow hunting in Florida was like when he started his career at 13 years of age. Roberts worked with cattle in 25 counties over a period of 35 years. Written in a charming, down-home style, the book features amazing recollections of a time past told by a man who lived - and loved - the life of a cowboy.
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All I Ever Wanted to Be Was a Cowboy
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06/2014
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Content
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction: All I Ever Wanted Was to Be A Cowboy
- "Deck" the Trick Horse
- Meeting Jerry Hair
- Steers in the Canal - Yearlings go for a Swim
- Tom Braddock and the Trip to Lake Okeechobee
- The Surrency Job
- Meeting Mr. General Hair
- Crate Tucker Cattle at Port Myakka
- Free at Last - The Plantation at Fort Lauderdale
- Smokey
- "Dairy Cow" at Wiles Road
- Cows in the Marsh at Wiles Road
- The End of the Open Range in the Big Scrub
- The Reynolds Steer
- The Eureka Cow
- Heather Island Bull
- Double Whammy at the Double F
- Black Nick and the Rattlesnake
- Donna Gayle and the Big Black Calf
- Bad Cows with Bad Horns
- The Guy Thompson Affair
- Bonifay
- Stampede at the Baseline Cow Pen
- Burnt Island
- Boggy Creek and the Cement Cadillac
- Emeralda Island
- Gary Brown's Bulls
- Mr. Lykes and the Job That Almost Happened
- A Trip to Fort Basinger
- Two Weeks at The River Ranch
- Cow Truck in the Canal and a Dose of Adrenaline
- Back to The River Ranch
- The MacDonald Bull
- Brahma Heifers at Lady Lake
- Cow Dogs
- Buck Fever
- Cow Horses
- Two Weeks at Rattlesnake Island
- Wild Hogs
- Old General
- Buster and the Alligator
- The Barker Gang Shoot Out at Ocklawaha, Florida
