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Summary Of The Real Story Of A Cowboy's Life

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Today, it seems like TV and movies have made it seem like the cowboy’s life is superb. On the contrary, a cowboy’s life is full of struggles, lonliness, and dangers, as described in Geoffrey C Ward’s historical essay, “ The Real Story of a Cowboy’s Life.”

To start, stampedes were a struggle for cowboys. As it says in Ward’s essay: “ It was riding at a dead run in the dark, with cutbanks and prairie dog holes all around you.” Due to stampedes, the most common death on a trail drive was being dragged to death.

Also, a cowboy’s life is monotonous. Drivers were away from home for what seemed like countless months. “There were few diversions on the trail,” Ward states in his essay. Most trail bosses prohibited gunplay and liquor. Some banned
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