Cowboy Up!: Life Lessons from the Lazy B

"His stories are timeless lessons of living, loving, and learning the Western way of life that will inspire all generations." —Stuart Rosebrook, author of At Work in Arizona

If you're served a piece of humble pie, thank the server and choke it down. So says H. Alan Day, an award-winning author and American cowboy, who grew up on a 200,000-acre southwestern cattle ranch, made a hand at age five, and lived adventures most of us only witness on Netflix.

While interacting with cowhands, horses...