"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...