Cow Boyhood – Wilder Good Adventure #7

Thirteen-year-old Wilder has spent his boyhood watching men like his grandpa Papa Milam . . . and wanting to be like them. Now he is leaving on a two day cattle drive through river and canyon country with his aging Papa and another older man, Red Guffey. In big ranch country full of livestock and wild animals, Wilder is forced to recognize that his own instincts and abilities may have become greater than those of his heroes.

Winner of the Western Heritage Award for Juvenile Book

Winner of Western Writers of America Spur Award for Juvenile Fiction

Winner of the Will Rogers Medallion Award for Young Readers (Silver)

"Cow Boyhood is unapologetically traditional in its valorizing of grit, stoicism and manliness."
―The Wall Street Journal

S. J. Dahlstrom lives and writes in West Texas. He has numerous magazine credits for his writing and photography. "The Adventures of Wilder Good" is his first series. His writing draws on his experiences as a cowboy, husband, father, and founder of a boys' ranch.

BOOKS BY S. J. DAHLSTROM

• The Elk Hunt (The Adventures of Wilder Good #1)
• Texas Grit (The Adventures of Wilder Good #2)
• Wilder & Sunny (The Adventures of Wilder Good #3)
• The Green Colt (The Adventures of Wilder Good #4)
• Black Rock Brothers (The Adventures of Wilder Good #5)
• Silverbelly (The Adventures of Wilder Good #6)
• Cow Boyhood (The Adventures of Wilder Good #7)
• Heartwood Mountain (The Adventures of Wilder Good #8)