A Year in the Life of a Montana Ranch Hand.
In February of his forty-fourth year, award-winning journalist David McCumber went to work on Birch Creek ranch in Montana, to become - albeit for only four seasons - one of that fabled breed, the American cowboy. This is his account of that year. An adventure of the body, spirit and senses, it is a celebration of the breathtaking Montana countryside and an honest appreciation of the men and women who work it.
This is a thorough and unsentimental portrait of life in a "savagely beautiful" area of the American West, and blows the lid off everyone's absurd preconception of how a cowboy actually spends his seasons.
