The Orange Slipknot
by Jan Young
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Category: MIDDLE-GRADE FICTION/Cowboys/Ranch Life
ETHNIC/Conduct of Life/
TOPICAL/Horses/Ranching/Nevada
Publication Date: Spring 2007
Trim Size: 5 1/4 x 7 3/4
Pages: 168
Illustrations: 6, by Pat Lehmkuhl
Soft cover, Perfect bound
Price: $12.00
ISBN: 0-9772525-5-8
Library of Congress Control #: 2007010983
Includes CIP data block
Twelve-year-old Ben is impatient to grow up and fill the footprints his father leaves on the Nevada cattle ranch where he works as the ‘top hand.’ Meeting the high expectations of his father is difficult enough, without the enmity expressed by Fred, the old cow boss, who seems to hate him.
His Great Idea of roping a ground squirrel takes a disastrous turn that results in Big Trouble for him and good-natured teasing from all the cowboys in the bunkhouse. Trying to help Ben get back into the good graces of both his father and Fred, these working ‘buckaroos’ teach him some old-time western skills that will help him take responsibility for the trouble he has caused. Ben grows up very quickly when he’s put in a position where only he can save Fred’s life, earning the respect he craves from everyone on the ranch.
This exciting story is a window on ranch life in the Great basin of the United States . Here, cowboy culture and practices reflect the strong influence of the Spanish vaquero traditions of the Old West. Customs and terms specific to this area and still in use today are defined in a glossary in the back of the book.
For electronic edition, click here.
$12.00
Watch the trailer for The Orange Slipknot
Category: MIDDLE-GRADE FICTION/Cowboys/Ranch Life
ETHNIC/Conduct of Life/
TOPICAL/Horses/Ranching/Nevada
Publication Date: Spring 2007
Trim Size: 5 1/4 x 7 3/4
Pages: 168
Illustrations: 6, by Pat Lehmkuhl
Soft cover, Perfect bound
Price: $12.00
ISBN: 0-9772525-5-8
Library of Congress Control #: 2007010983
Includes CIP data block
Twelve-year-old Ben is impatient to grow up and fill the footprints his father leaves on the Nevada cattle ranch where he works as the ‘top hand.’ Meeting the high expectations of his father is difficult enough, without the enmity expressed by Fred, the old cow boss, who seems to hate him.
His Great Idea of roping a ground squirrel takes a disastrous turn that results in Big Trouble for him and good-natured teasing from all the cowboys in the bunkhouse. Trying to help Ben get back into the good graces of both his father and Fred, these working ‘buckaroos’ teach him some old-time western skills that will help him take responsibility for the trouble he has caused. Ben grows up very quickly when he’s put in a position where only he can save Fred’s life, earning the respect he craves from everyone on the ranch.
His Great Idea of roping a ground squirrel takes a disastrous turn that results in Big Trouble for him and good-natured teasing from all the cowboys in the bunkhouse. Trying to help Ben get back into the good graces of both his father and Fred, these working ‘buckaroos’ teach him some old-time western skills that will help him take responsibility for the trouble he has caused. Ben grows up very quickly when he’s put in a position where only he can save Fred’s life, earning the respect he craves from everyone on the ranch.
This exciting story is a window on ranch life in the Great basin of the United States . Here, cowboy culture and practices reflect the strong influence of the Spanish vaquero traditions of the Old West. Customs and terms specific to this area and still in use today are defined in a glossary in the back of the book.
For electronic edition, click here.
$12.00