J.R. 'Buster' Thompson / J.RBuster Thompson
'These is some a them stories what is wrote to be read out loud. And some of what is in here, just don’t make no sense...except for if you got a sprig a alfalfa a hanging twixt your teeth, a pair a worn down Cowboy boots on your feet, and the smell of leather or horses somewhere near by.'Excerpts:Chapter 1 'Nose' '...none of us ever asked him what he used to be called since it was a pretty sore subject for him to talk about.'Chapter 4 'Dying For Your Beliefs' '...the West wasn’t nothing but brave men and stalwart women out there a taming the untamed...why this wasn’t no more based on fact than a buffalo can fly.' Chapter 6 'Scratching Out a Living' 'Real Cowboys were a might bashful and didn’t speak up unless they was spoke to.' Chapter 7 'Cowboys are Thinkers' 'The actual thing of it is, that a Cowboy is one of God’s few creatures what spends most of his life just sitting and thinking.' Chapter 10 'Promises of Partners' 'Well, a Cowboy’s promise, like these partners had made each other to meet again, was always meant sincere, and for that it was trusted.' Chapter 11 'God’s Pay' 'It’s times like these when a Cowboy kind of figures God Hisself just needs some entertaining.' Chapter 12 'Hop’n and Poke’n' 'Cowboy’n is a profession what ain’t appreciated for its value unless you been one.'
