num_pages: 288
description: In this classic memoir, a young man facing a future he doesn’t want to claim has an inspiration―Go West. Tom Groneberg leaves behind friends and family, follows his heart, and heads to a resort town in the Colorado Rockies, where he earns his spurs as a wrangler leading tourists on horseback. Later, Groneberg moves to Montana, where he works for wages at a number of ranches before buying his own ranch. Demystifying the image of cowboys as celluloid heroes, The Secret Life of Cowboys is a coming-of-age story as stunning as the land itself and a revealing look at America’s last frontier.
language: English
title: The Secret Life of Cowboys
titlecomplete: The Secret Life of Cowboys
genres: Animals, Biography, Nonfiction, Travel
ratings_count: 173
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Montana Book Award
publisher: University of Oklahoma Press