A Cowboy Christmas: An American Tale

by Tom Van Dyke

Overview

A Cowboy Christmas is a mystical tale of historical fiction and adventure told with a cowboy’s flavorful soup of words and expressions embracing a true American icon—the American cowboy.

Screwed on tight, A Cowboy Christmas An American Tale is an action-packed adventure told with comic wit igniting the imagination like a wild mustang heading for the moon. WB, alone and not yet sixteen in 1873, searches for adventure and fortune in the American West. Crossing the Mississippi and leaving civilization behind, WB endures the Great Plains. The trail is cluttered with pioneers, Yankee neighbors, Rebel brothers, white marauders, and men with all the earmarks of bad company. He attaches himself to a wagon train for safety, good company and romance. And in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, he falls in love, only to be abruptly separated by a painful ambush. Lost, and in pursuit of Ginny, WB faces the perils of desert storms, explosive work in the gold mines, and flaming arrows.

Left wandering and wondering, WB encounters Sunny, a mysterious stranger who introduces him to the thrilling and most dangerous work of all—cowboying.

A Cowboy Christmas An American Tale is an inspiring adventure of enduring love, discovery, strength and character that delivers a heartfelt hug for the holidays and year-round, a perfect time to open our hearts and share the gifts of life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780578534886
Publisher:	Light Technology Publishing
Publication date:	01/01/2019
Pages:	165
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Tom Van Dyke lives with his wife on their ranch in Cave Creek, Arizona. A member of Western Writers of America, he has been writing screenplays since 1970. One of his motion pictures was considered for nomination of an Academy Award.

Tom created and wrote the American Bicentennial television public service announcements, "Stand Up and Be Counted," the most widely viewed national and international PSAs in the history of television.

His creative expression of writing and film production are shared with his creation of fine art. Tom's sculptures, paintings and photography have been exhibited or are in the permanent collections of the New York Museum of Modern Art, the Carnegie Art Institute, the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Henry Ford Museum, the Cranbrook Institute of Arts, and the Butler Art Institute of American Art.

A Cowboy Christmas An American Tale is Tom's first book.

Editorial Reviews

"'Brush-popping cattle and scouring for mustangs" Tom Van Dyke tells a rousing tale of a young man learning how to cowboy and finding the girl of his dreams. I've written a good 40 western stories but learned a lot from Tom's book. It's good and it moves."
--ELMORE LEONARD, Novelist

Elmore Leonard

A Cowboy Christmas is a wonderful tale of a young cowboy's roam and a heartfelt love story. A great Christmas story and a delightful read for all seasons."
--THOMAS COBB, Author of Crazy Heart

Thomas Cobb

"A Cowboy Christmas reveals the true American West but goes even further. A man and woman who refuse to let a soaring relationship disappear is a sign of life on earth at its best. Inspiring."
--MICHAEL BLAKE, Author of Dances With Wolves

Michael Blake