Title: Dude wrangler, hunter, line rider
Description: The famous Horse Wrangler here completes his story until his retirement. Following the experiences recorded in his former book, Floyd C. Bard moved through a series of fascinating careers which give a true picture of the West as it was a generation and more ago. First of the careers was that of Dude Wrangler. For summer after summer, Bard took the pack trains to all parts of the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming with parties of the Easterners called "dudes." Some trips lasted a few days; others for an entire summer. In his parties were the famous and the unknown, the scientist (with his outdoor classroom), the doctor, the financier, the famous politician--and many others. Life on the trail and in camp with these dudes meant much excitement for Bard. Then Bard called upon to hunt and kill the predatory animals of the areas--coyotes, dogs, and bears. Soon he became a government hunter and for several years turned in second largest catch of the season. He recounts many stories of the methods used to hunt the wily critters. Then he became, high upon the Big Horns, a summer line rider for cattle outfits, taking the herds to the summer range, riding the vast countryside to look after the cattle, and then helping to get them down in the fall. One little episode sandwiched into the account is that of the only time Bard became a move actor! In bringing this work to publication, Agnes Wright Spring -- who has had the singular distinction of serving both the state of Wyoming and the state of Colorado as official historian -- has preserved the language of Floyd C. Bard. Here it is the way he told it, and here are his comments upon the people he knew from all walks of life. All this makes for rich and authentic reading of a period of the West already gone. A number of pictures from the Bard family album enhance the value of this book -- Book jacket.
Subjects: Ranch life, Hunting