The mythical cowboy on horseback, six shooter in hand, has come to displace a far more remarkable and genuinely heroic figure: the real working cowboy.
Ted Stone, author of the highly successful It's Hardly Worth Talking If You're Going to Tell the Truth, has been collecting stories on the North American West for 25 years. His numerous titles include 100 Years of Cowboy Stories, A Roundup of Cowboy Humour, Alberta History Along the Highway, British Columbia History Along the Highways and Waterways and It's So Cold on the Prairies: Wit and Wisdom About the Winter.
