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All I ever wanted to be was a cowboy / by Bill Roberts.

Author/creator Roberts, Bill, 1932-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoOcala, Florida : Atlantic Publishing Group, Inc., 2014.
Descriptionpages cm
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Contents Introduction: all I ever wanted was to be a cowboy -- "Deck" the trick horse -- Meeting Jerry Hair -- Steers in the canal: yearlings go for a swim -- Tom Braddock and the trip to Lake Okeechobee -- The surrency job -- Meeting Mr. General Hair -- Crate tucker cattle at Port Myakka -- Free at last: the plantation at Fort Lauderdale -- Smokey -- "Dairy Cow" at Wiles Road -- Cows in the marsh at Wiles Road -- The end of the open range in the big scrub -- The Reynolds steer -- The Eureka cow -- Heather Island bull -- Double whammy at the Double F -- Black Nick and the rattlesnake -- Donna Gayle and the big black calf -- Bad cows with bad horns -- The Guy Thompson affair -- Bonifay -- Stampede at the Baseline cow pen -- Burnt Island -- Boggy Creek and the cement Cadillac -- Emeralda Island -- Gary Brown's bulls -- Mr. Lykes and the job that almost happened -- A trip to Fort Basinger -- Weeks at the River Ranch -- Cow truck in the canal and a dose of adrenaline -- Back to the River Ranch -- The MacDonald bull -- Brahma heifers at Lady Lake -- Cow dogs -- Buck fever -- Cow horses -- Weeks at Rattlesnake Island -- Wild hogs -- Old General -- Buster and the alligator -- The Barker Gang shoot out at Ocklawaha, Florida.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014033901
ISBN9781601389732 (alk. paper)
ISBN1601389736 (alk. paper)

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