By western author Nick Brumby

Today is National Day of the American Cowboy. Whether you answer to cowboy, cowhand, cowpoke, buckaroo, or cowpuncher, today is for you.

Let’s give a huge thank you to cowboys everywhere, past and present. We all take our hats off to you.

Today we celebrate cowboys for living by a code of morality, hard work, patriotism, and integrity.

We celebrate cowboys for being stewards of the land and its creatures, for living off the land and working to protect and enhance the environment.

We celebrate cowboys who do what they love, regardless of the paycheck, weather conditions, or recognition.

We celebrate cowboys for preserving and furthering the history, culture, and legacy of the American West—for making sure the West lives on and the way of the cowboy never dies.

Here’s to the American Cowboy – a tradition and a lifestyle that will never die!

(Image: Jack Sorenson https://www.jacksorensonfineart.com/)

About Nick Brumby

I like a good story. And of all stories, I love westerns the most.

As a kid, I spent far too many afternoons re-watching Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns, picking up ‘Shane’ for just one more read, or saddling up beside Ben Cartwright when ‘Bonanza’ was on TV each afternoon.

I’m a former journalist and I love horses, dogs, and the occasional bourbon whiskey. I live with my wife, daughter and our ever-slumbering hound in a 1800’s-era gold mining town – our house is right on top of the last working gold mine in the area. There may not be much gold left, but there’s history wherever you look.

I hope you enjoy my westerns as much as I enjoyed writing them!

Happy trails,

Nick