True Cowboy Stories

Fiction is fiction and history has been told over and over, but True Cowboy Stories is mostly first and second hand stories that have never been in print. It shows the early Texas life of the cowboy and his adventures, fun and hardships.

Author: Travis W. Herring
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 08/19/2011
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.41d
ISBN: 9781461099147

About the Author
Travis Herring was born during the Great Depression as the third generation on a large cattle ranch in Central Texas Hill and Brush Country. His idol and grandfather lived just across the dirt road and helped shape his life with stories of his experiences on the Chisholm Trail. Neighbor Jess Pickett, a black cowboy that his grandfather met on the cattle drive and made a life long friend, also contributed many stories. These stories built a foundation for a desire to learn more about the early life of the cowboy and their adventures, fun and hardships. Shortly after college and army, while working with the Agricultural Extension Service in West Texas, he met a San Angelo news paper reporter, Elmer Kelton. Since they both had similar interest in stories of cowboys and early Texas, They became "Livestock Show Friends" (ranch animal competitions for youth) while Travis was working with 4-H kids. Elmer Kelton went on to become a famous Western Fiction writer, winning many awards and having movies made from some of his books, and Travis Herring went back to the ranch.

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