{"product_id":"the-cowboy-way-9780380788415","title":"The Cowboy Way","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn February of his forty-fourth year, journalist David McCumber signed on as a hand on rancher Bill Galt's expansive Birch Creek spread in Montana. \u003cem\u003eThe Cowboy Way\u003c\/em\u003e is an enthralling and intensely personal account of his year spent in open country--a book that expertly weaves together past and present into a vibrant and colorful tapestry of a vanishing way of life. At once a celebration of a breathtaking land both dangerous and nourishing, and a clear-eyed appreciation of the men--and women--who work it, David McCumber's remarkable story forever alters our long-held perceptions of the \"Roy Rogers\" cowboy with real-life experiences and hard economic truths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn February of his forty-fourth year, journalist David McCumber signed on as a hand on rancher Bill Galt's expansive Birch Creek spread in Montana. \u003cem\u003eThe Cowboy Way\u003c\/em\u003e is an enthralling and intensely personal account of his year spent in open country--a book that expertly weaves together past and present into a vibrant and colorful tapestry of a vanishing way of life. At once a celebration of a breathtaking land both dangerous and nourishing, and a clear-eyed appreciation of the men--and women--who work it, David McCumber's remarkable story forever alters our long-held perceptions of the \"Roy Rogers\" cowboy with real-life experiences and hard economic truths.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcCumber, David:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eDavid McCumber is an award-winning journalist, a former assistant managing editor at the \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Examiner, \u003c\/em\u003e and the founding editor and publisher of \u003cem\u003eBig Sky Journal.\u003c\/em\u003e He has worked for more than twenty years as a writer and editor at newspapers and magazines across the American West. He lives in Seattle, Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50410807296274,"sku":"9780380788415","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0930fcab-d134-4e47-bf3e-8fdebd90a00c.jpg?v=1729308167","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-cowboy-way-9780380788415","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}