Originally, cowboys, about whom many adventure films have been made and a huge number of books written in the Western (i.e., “Western”) style, were common shepherds. The word “cowboy” itself means “cowboy”. Pastures in the Western United States in the nineteenth century were unfenced, and herds from different ranches mingled with each other. Therefore, cows…

Contrary to established myths, cowboys did not spend all their time getting drunk in saloons or at the gambling table, distracted by shooting half the local town. There were two categories of Far Westers: professional gamblers and professional shooters. The cowboy, on the other hand, was an ordinary hard-working hustler. He seldom saw saloons, at…