The Pastures of Beyond: An Old Cowboy Looks Back at the Old West Alex and Alexander Series it was in the nineteenth

it was in the nineteenth century - from the decade before the Mexican War through the Indian wars - that the dashing cavalry units captured the American imagination

You know what happens to all those girls who are just crazy about horses

especially when Maggie Linden's father makes him an offer he shouldn't accept yet cannot possibly refuse

My life became crazy overnight

when he worked for a racetrack veterinarian near his home in southern Florida

The Pastures of Beyond: An Old Cowboy Looks Back at the Old West Alex and Alexander Series it was in the nineteenthAuthor: Dayton O. Hyde At age thirteen, Dayton Hyde, a spirited beanpole of a boy, ran away from home in Michigan to Yamsi, his uncles ranch in eastern Oregon. This was in the 1930s, and Yamsi was one of the last great cattle ranches of the West. Soon the boy, nicknamed Hawk, was riding a horse, soaking up ranch life from the hired hands, and winning the cowboys respect. A natural bronco buster, he eventually became a rodeo rider, bull fighter, clown,