SHADES OF THE WEST- A COWBOY'S MEMORIES

Forward by Elmer Kelton. In this collection of over a hundred of what Gray calls "stories", we have his memoir of more than 50 years in the saddle combined and misdeeds of a remarkable array of "characters." Set in the Big Bend country of West Texas, Gray's stories cover the gamut of the cowboy's life, from roping to roundups, from bulls to broken bones, from butchering camp meat to roping elk, and from raw, pitching broncs to fine, well trained cutting horses.