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Whether destined to be remembered or forgotten, a cowhand clung to life with all the zeal with which he approached his trade. He was the most loyal of employees, repeatedly putting his neck on the line for a mere dollar a day. Patrick Dearen has brought these reckless and risky adventures to life with colorful stories from interviews with 76 men who cowboyed in the West before 1932 as well as 150 archival interviews and written accounts from as early as the 1870s and well into the mid-twentieth century.

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Cowboy life is told best by those who lived it and Patrick Dearen has gathered together some of the best storytellers in the bunch. Saddle up for a wild ride.--B. Byron Price, Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West, University of Oklahoma

Dearen's book will give you a newfound respect for cowfolk as he shares the risky adventures of those who cowboyed the West from the 1870s-1930s... If you don't know much about cowboy life, the stories told in Saddling Up Anyway will shock and awe you. This book is an entertaining read. -- Meghan Saar * True West * Cowboy life is told best by those who lived it and Patrick Dearen has gathered together some of the best storytellers in the bunch. Saddle up for a wild ride. -- B. Byron Price, Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art of the American West, University of Oklahoma Dearen captures the grit and valor of the American cowboy... It is a fresh and honest tribute to the original American cowboy, not the kind seen in movies and television. -- Ross McSwain * San Angelo Standard-Times *

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Author of fourteen books, including eight novels, Patrick Dearen was named a finalist for the Spur Award for the best western novel from the Western Writers of America. He has also published a series of children's novels set on the Western frontier as well as six folklore and history books. Dearen received nine state and national awards in six years as a reporter for two Texas newspapers.

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