Dear Friends,
As promised long ago the third installment of the Lost Rider is now a reality. “The Lost Rider & Friends” is a compilation of short stories from the boy that grew up in the Texas Post Oak Savana and searched for his destiny guiding and packing mules to the darkest old growth timber in the Bob Marshal Wilderness in Northwestern Montana, to the Yellowstone Country in Wyoming’s Washakie Wilderness, and then, guided on the finest Mexico whitetail hunting ranch resorts.
Texas State Artist Sam Caldwell joins the Lost Rider and illustrates many of the miscues, accomplishments, and conclusions drawn from cowboy life and thusly prescribed exploits.
After reading “Tales from the Lost Rider of Yaupon Creek” and then mutually commiserating with the author through the “Christmas Tales from the Lost Rider” you’ll love finishing with “The Lost Rider and Friends”.
This conglomeration of vignettes compiled in three books offers practically every aspect and concept of life’s lessons, and delivers in simple practicality how a person, in this case a Texas Cowboy, faces the world.
“The Lost Rider & Friends” may be found on Kindle, and soon all three books will be available on Amazon.
From the “Lost Rider & Friends”:
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Perceptions dictate reality, and once upon a time a lot of folks viewed rodeo cowboys as bums. Then the Mesquite Rodeo was televised. After that the NFR, PBR, BRO, and a long list of horsey-type events were televised on ESPN and RFD-TV. Exhibiting the fickle shallowness of group-think, suddenly being a rodeo-guy became acceptable and groovy.
Likewise, hunting guides were thought of as less than hard workers. There was no consideration for the boys that shod 40 head of horses before the season, packed hay to the mountains on mules, chopped wood, spent every day in camp from July 4 until Thanksgiving, and baby-sat flatlanders and the business elite under the harshest wilderness high-country conditions. Then along came the Outdoor Channel and once more credibility was relented to the falsely perceived lower class.
On the third note, writers have always held a peculiar position in society. Folks are always expecting the next profound philosophy to be chiseled or crayoned onto the plain brown page of humanity. Writers may not have credit at the bank, but at least people figure they have a modicum of brains. (As if writing simple sentences in a logical order is a mystery to the masses.)
So, with these worldly truths:
I’d like to say, “Thank You!” to the immense congregation of friends that have encouraged and applauded my lifetime of endeavors – without ever judging me.
Herman W. Brune is available for book signing, public speaking, horseshoeing, or last man standing drinking contests most any day. Find him at 979 732 4707, hwb@thelostrider.com, or bartending at the Shaw’s Bend Social Club, 1079 FM 1890, Columbus, Texas 78934. He is also the host to the Texas Historical Shootist Society and the Yaupon Creek Silhouette Assn. The Lost Rider series are on the west end of the bar and he’d be tickled to sell you a book. Otherwise, the books will be on Amazon by June.
