GUITAR COWBOY
December 3, 2008 by Felix Mayerhofer
Indians, cowboys, rustling, and a stampede are all part of this exciting cowboy story in rhyme in the style of Louis L’Amour. At the center of this adventure is a 13-year-old boy who rides, lassos, and shoots with the best of them, deserved of a sheriff’s star. You’ll read this cowboy epic more than once.
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Inspiration
Louis L’Amour, the great Western author, made my imagination run wild with stories about the West: cowboys, Indians, plenty of gun shootin’ and cattle drives. With L’Amour in mind I decided to write a cowboy story for children. An idea for one formulated in my mind, but since I’d recently been writing stories in rhyme, I decided to continue in that genre. For some reason or other it was going to be a tragedy, with the young hero ending on “Boot Hill” cemetery, where all bad hombres ended. As I began writing, the story took a different turn, which I think you’ll find more to your liking.
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You go Felix , I have known you for 30 about . From school district . It is a wonderful thing you are doing , you are doing something that you enjoy , and doing it just like your msic carrer ,you are giving it your all . you have inspired a lot of people over the years . what a thing of praise . what a great personal person you always had time to stop for a short minute and say a few words , hi and how are things going . always been my day ,that somebody was friendly like you . keep up the great journey that you are on inspiring kids and adults for ever . thank you Felix . Best of luck Gerry from maintenance department , i retired from district little over 3 years ago . I am loking for my second journey , hope to find .