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Author Bill Roberts

Title All I Ever Wanted to Be Was A Cowboy
Published [Place of publication not identified] : Atlantic Publishing Group Inc, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (160 pages)
Contents 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 CalfBad 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
Summary 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
Subject Roberts, Bill, 1932-
Cowboys -- Florida -- Biography
Cowboys -- Florida -- Social life and customs
Ranch life -- Florida
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Cowboys
Cowboys -- Social life and customs
Manners and customs
Ranch life
SUBJECT Florida -- Biography
Florida -- Social life and customs
Subject Florida
Genre/Form collective biographies.
Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781601389749
1601389744