So what the hell is a cowboy?

Excerpt from BE A MAN: Raised in the shadow of cowboys

So first of all, there is a difference between a rancher and a cowboy. Most people who work with cattle are ranchers. They own land, they own their livestock, and they have to run it just like every other business in the world. It’s a job, but it also becomes an identity over time.

According to the Russell Rowland theory of Montana, there are basically t…