b'DID YOU KNOW, IN THE OLD WEST.By Lee Anderson, Old West Living Historian, Award Winning Author, and Old School HorsemanLee Anderson and his horse, Concho, are well known around the state doing presentations in schools,corporate events, and civic events. Learn more about them and his book on his website. historicaloldwest.orgA that in 1927 the book was awarded theAny one of Will James reprinted books. (He authored a few weeks ago a friend asked,Newbery Medal for Childrens Literaturetotal of 24 books).How do youby the American Library Association.1. A Texas Cowboy by Charlie Siringo1886 (reprint) come up with all that old west trivia? You dontAnyway, the book was a revelation for me.ISBN 0-14-043751-7just pull it off the top of your head, do you? IThere wasnt one barroom brawl, bank or2. The Log of a Cowboy by Andy Adams1903 (reprint) got to thinking about that and it occurred tostagecoach robbery, or fast draw shootout. ItISBN 0-80325000-2me that maybe some of you regular readersdealt with nothing but3. Cowboy Culture by David Dary1981of this column might be wondering the samethe everyday work ofISBN 0-7006-0390-5thing. So, Ill try to answer those questions. honest-to-goodness, real cowboys. They capturedCowboys, old west history, and especially horse I grew up in the 1940s and 1950s whenand broke wild horses,training, have played a big part in my life. If youre Hopalong Cassidy, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers,roped and brandeda horse person", you might enjoy one or both of and the Lone Ranger were in their Hollywoodcattle, and they pulledmy books. If interested, prime and I was star-struckby their horses, but had seriouscows out of mud bogs when the frostsend me an email at doubts about Hoppy, Gene, Roy, and Lone. They spentthawed in the spring. I learned WillCLAinAZ@aol.com. more time singing and doing the sheriffs job than workingJames had lived the life of a MontanaThey can also be found on a ranch. They didnt seem to have any other sort of steadycowboy. He was also an accomplishedon the internet. However, employment either. So, how did they afford those fancyartist and did all the illustrations in hisif ordered directly from clothes, engraved guns, and saddles covered with silver?books himself. Smoky the Cowhorseme, they are $15.00 each Now, the Lone Ranger did supposedly have a silver mineofportrayed a life that fascinated me andand I sign them:course, he never worked in it. It just didnt make sense to me.it triggered a lifelong, insatiable thirst1. Developing the Art offor more knowledge about the realEquine CommunicationThen, in 1951, my 6th grade English teacher requiredthing. I discovered there are some very ISBN 978-0- everyone to check out a book from the school library,good books on real cowboys and the Old West in general9827585-3-3 spend the entire hour of his class reading it and turn in abut they arent well known. Here are a few of my cowboy2. The View from My Oldbook report after finishing it. The book I chose was Smokyfavorites if youd like a little insight into how they reallySaddle ISBN 978-1- the Cowhorse authored by Will James and published inlived. Most are reprints, theyre not expensive, and they can938628-27-6 1926. I didnt know it at the time but years later I learnedall be found on the internet.0% /72SA SERIES TRACTORS*PRODUCT QUALITY*Offer subject to change without notice. Subject to credit approval. Contact A to Z Equipment for all terms and conditions.Call, Text or Visit.Four Valley LocationsNorth Valley Central Phoenix East Valley West Valley15634 N. 32nd St. 4050 E. Indian School Rd. 1313 E. Baseline Rd. 803 E. Van Buren St.Phoenix 85032 Phoenix 85018 Gilbert 85233 Avondale 85323602-992-1150 602-955-5100 480-539-8700 623-925-020012 April 2021'