From this readable but slightly detached account (cowboys keep themselves to themselves) I now know that ranch hands require phenomenal bodging skills, an ability to work with an enormous range of machinery, the willingness to work all hours to complete repetitive tasks (never mind families or days off) and the ability to shrug off extreme weather conditions. Not many horses or illuminating insights though - the author seemed more absorbed with the ranching than the writing.
(Clive Yelf - bwl 36 September 2006 ) |
