Twenty Miles of Fence: Blueprint of a Cowboy

Twenty Miles of Fence recounts a decade of transformation when Bob West, a westerner at heart, decided to escape the pretense of his unfulfilling architectural life and to become, quite simply, a cowboy. A cowboy?

That old cliché about biting off more than you can chew fittingly describes the lessons learned when West and his family bought the Devil's Washtub Ranch in Wyoming. Already owning two horses, housed in a stylish stable on five acres near the yuppie haven of Boulder, Colorado, West soon discovered that ownership of two horses does not equal twenty miles of fence, 3,200 deeded acres, 400 BLM acres, 154 head of black angus, two and a half miles of the North Laramie River--and what would become for him the very best of times. Little did West know how those years would test him, inspire him, and lead him back to his true character.

Author: Bob West, Janet Fogg
Publisher: Bison Books
Published: 03/01/2023
Pages: 228
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.52d
ISBN13: 9781496233578
ISBN10: 1496233573
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs

About the Author
A third-generation Coloradoan, Bob West was an award-winning architect with thirty-five years of design and architectural firm management when he retired in 2015. He is now an accomplished rancher and cowboy, raising Scottish Highland cattle. Janet Fogg is an award-winning author or coauthor of eight books, including Soliloquy and Fogg in the Cockpit: Howard Fogg--Master Railroad Artist, World War II Fighter Pilot.