title: A Million to One Odds (Times Five): True Stories of Surviving Life as a Modern Day Cowboy with Humor Intact
author:  Bob Kinford 
description: Bob Kinford has spent his life traveling around the west working on ranches and training horses. his unique brand of humor will have you laughing and feeling the pain of modern day cowboy life (at the same time!)
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  Table of Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Cover](part0000.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Title Page](part0003.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Contributors](part0005.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Acknowledgments](part0006.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Introduction](part0007.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Part I: “YOU SAID THIS PLACE WAS A GAME”](part0008.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [1 On Playing Cowboys and Indians](part0009.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Pretending to Be a Cowboy](part0009.xhtml#id_96iPz9qeQN6qZeQdCtxFTQ3513)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Acting As If You are a Cowboy](part0009.xhtml#id_96iPz9qeQN6qZeQdCtxFTQ3514)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Not Actually Being a Cowboy](part0009.xhtml#id_96iPz9qeQN6qZeQdCtxFTQ3515)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Intending to Deceive about Being a
  Cowboy](part0009.xhtml#id_96iPz9qeQN6qZeQdCtxFTQ3516)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Believing that You are Not a
  Cowboy](part0009.xhtml#id_96iPz9qeQN6qZeQdCtxFTQ3517)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Intending to Deceive about Being
  Human](part0009.xhtml#id_96iPz9qeQN6qZeQdCtxFTQ3518)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [The Ethics of Pretending to Be a
  Cowboy](part0009.xhtml#id_96iPz9qeQN6