Okay, so I'm working on a short story; have been for a while, but haven't managed to write it until yesterday. The way I work, I only know bits and pieces here and there, but never more than about 20% of the story before I start writing. Anyway, as I was writing yesterday and "getting to know my character", I realized that he once was a cowboy.
I know very little about cowboys with the exception of that they ride horses and some of them (or all?) work(ed?) up in mountains and such moving cattles etc?
Google is always a friend in need and I've done some research like I always do, but I find this one to be particularly hard. More often than not I find nothing but articles about western movies.
My character is about 80 years old or more now, I presume, and of course retired. Is my imagination totally overboard, or could this be realistic? Were there cowboys around that potential time and if so, where?
I need to learn about this or else I have to find another job for my character. Which is also okay.
PS: This is not a very long story and it's really not a story about his life being a cowboy, it's about he and his wife, but I do want to describe some of their life together also while he was away from home...
I know very little about cowboys with the exception of that they ride horses and some of them (or all?) work(ed?) up in mountains and such moving cattles etc?
Google is always a friend in need and I've done some research like I always do, but I find this one to be particularly hard. More often than not I find nothing but articles about western movies.
My character is about 80 years old or more now, I presume, and of course retired. Is my imagination totally overboard, or could this be realistic? Were there cowboys around that potential time and if so, where?
I need to learn about this or else I have to find another job for my character. Which is also okay.
PS: This is not a very long story and it's really not a story about his life being a cowboy, it's about he and his wife, but I do want to describe some of their life together also while he was away from home...