The Long Trail: My Life in the West

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A Canadian icon on his longstanding love of the West and his life in “one of the most last true cowboy countries on either side of the border.”

“I continue to exist a ranch about six miles east of the town of Longview and the old Cowboy Trail in the foothills of the Rockies. On a perfect day, like today, I will’t consider being anywhere else on the earth. Of course, I am not going to say there don’t seem to be those other days when you think, ‘What am I doing here?’ It’s beautiful country and it may be brutally tough as well.” —Ian Tyson

Ian Tyson’s journey to the West began in the unlikely city of Victoria, BC, where he rode his dad’s horses on the weekends and met cowboys in the pages of Will James’s books, and eventually followed that cowboy dream to rodeo competition. Laid up after breaking a leg, he learned the guitar, and drifted east, becoming a key songwriter and performer in the folk revival movement. But the West all the time beckoned, and when his marriage to his partner and collaborator Sylvia broke up and the music scene threatened to grind him down, he retreated to a ranch and work with cutting horses. Soon, he’d bought a ranch in Alberta and found a new voice as the renowned Western Revival singer-songwriter and horseman he’s today. This book is Ian’s reflection on that journey…

From the Hardcover edition.

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