is not just about a person - Grant Beck - and his stories, it’s about a way of life - the cowboy way of life. Most of our children, but especially our children’s children, will never feel the warmth of a high mountain camp fire or eye-burning smoke off the branding coals.

The twentieth century half-heartedly embraced the legacy of the American West. Few born into this century will have any firsthand experience of what the American cowboy was all about. Lots of books have been penned about lots of cowboys, both fictitious and real. But few cowboys have touched as many people in the encouraging way that Grant has through his chosen profession.