Readers brought up on Hollywood westerns will have their eyes opened by this Story of a Working cowboy.
Fred Gipson\'s vivid, earthy book about this cowhand, now in paperback, tells what the job is really like, the hardships, the hell-raising, and the sheer monotony of daily tasks.
Fat Alford became a Cowboy bec.
Although he never chased a rustler or rescued a pretty girl and probably couldn\'t even hire on as an extra in a B-grade western, Ed Alford (or "Fat") has worked cattle most of his life.
Readers brought up on Hollywood westerns will have their eyes opened by this Story of a Working cowboy