High Rider by Bill Gallaher
He started life as a slave in South Carolina and became one of the pioneering cattlemen in that part of Canada ’s North West Territories which eventually became the Province of Alberta . In 1867 with the US Civil War at and end John Ware struck off to the west, a new land and a new life. Due to his unsurpassed ability to break and train mules he found work on a ranch near Fort Worth where he remained for a decade. Eventually he went north as the horse wrangler on a cattle herd, lost good friends and found others, panned for gold, became a drover again and rode into Canada . This is a novel but as is usual with Bill Gallaher’s work it is well researched and faithfully follows the life of one of Canada ’s pioneers. John Ware is a legend among those who study the history of horse trainers, cattlemen, bronc riders and the beef industry. With his...