2025
The Dude Wrangler
A cowboy mournfully describes an old partner who once embodied everything he admired about working cowboy life—skill with cattle, horses, ropes and practical clothing—before announcing that the man somehow “fell from grace.”
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2025
A cowboy mournfully describes an old partner who once embodied everything he admired about working cowboy life—skill with cattle, horses, ropes and practical clothing—before announcing that the man somehow “fell from grace.”