num_pages: 160
description: AGING COWBOY RECOUNTS EARLY TEEN ADVENTURES ON WESTERN RANCH-- Boys have always worked alongside men on the farms and ranches of America. In It Never Rains In Gold Gap, storyteller and award winning cowboy poet Eagle Ashcroft recounts his youthful adventures working on one of the largest ranches in Arizona during the 1940’s. This book includes more than forty short stories such “The Camp Cook’s Day Off,” “Cattle Drive,” “Wild Cow Milking,” and “Rodeo.”-- Out on the ranch, Ashcroft learned his cowboying ways and had many dubious adventures at the urging of older cowboys. He worked alongside the men, but his naiveté made him vulnerable to the pranks, tricks, and the poor ethics of the drifters and practical jokers who found their fun at his expense.-- Jo Moon who worked with Ashcroft on the book says, “There are volumes written about John Wayne cowboys, but there isn’t much out there about the young cowboys. From a historical perspective, I feel Ashcroft’s stories about life on a big ranch are important to save. They’re insightful reading for all cowboy and western fans. I think many people will be surprised at how hard life was for the working cowboys even in the 1940's. There weren't many modern conveniences out on the ranches. Cowboying was hard, often lonely work with long days and short nights. Eagle shares so much of the color of the era that is unknown to those outside the the southwest during this time period."
language: English
title: It Never Rains In Gold Gap
titlecomplete: It Never Rains In Gold Gap
publisher: Heartland Publishing