DO YOU REMEMBER

Jay Brady

Claude's book, GROWING UP ON A CHERRY COUNTY NEBRASKA CATTLE RANCH, is a remarkably accurate description of life on a Nebraska Sandhills ranch for the two decades between the mid 1930's to the mid 1950's. It is the unpolished truth about those times.

For anyone who lived on a ranch during those years, it is a walk down memory lane. It is a marvelous account that is sprinkled with photographs from his family's ranch. It honors the men and women who brought little but their hopes and their hard work to forge a society that I am proud to be a part of. They were true heroes, those early ranchers--true cowboys and cowgirls.

Claude's book has great historical value, but it is also a wonderful read--one you'll want to recommend to your friends and family once you've enjoyed it. It shatters the myth that ranching was a romantic life. It recounts the unbelievably hard work as well as the ways we had fun. For those of us who tended that land with the help of a good cattle horse, it was a life we'll ever be nostalgic for.

I treasure it for it is the story of my childhood too. I think you will treasure it for its honesty and because you'll feel like you were there and it was a life second to none!

Dr. Jeanne Hounshell, Author of THIS PRECIOUS LOVE

		GROWING UP on a CHERRY COUNTY NEBRASKA CATTLE RANCH Claude Reyman
			Factual, revealing and no holds barred. That short phrase sums up the delightful history of "Growing Up On A Cherry County Nebraska Cattle Ranch" by Claude Reyman. If recent history of North Central Nebraska is your cup of tea, then get ready for a trip back in time that will substantiate everything you've told your children and grandchildren or your parents and grandparents told you. From cattle roundups, branding and surviving the elements like the blizzard of 1949, to heartwarming memories of how families spent time together and shared everything life had to offer. I couldn't put this book down until reaching the final page. Thank you, Claude, for taking your reader back in time and reminding us what was endured to provide the easy life we now lead. Jay Brady Claude's book, GROWING UP ON A CHERRY COUNTY NEBRASKA CATTLE RANCH, is a remarkably accurate description of life on a Nebraska Sandhills ranch for the two decades between the mid 1930's to the mid 1950's. It is the unpolished truth about those times. For anyone who lived on a ranch during those years, it is a walk down memory lane. It is a marvelous account that is sprinkled with photographs from his family's ranch. It honors the men and women who brought little but their hopes and their hard work to forge a society that I am proud to be a part of. They were true heroes, those early ranchers--true cowboys and cowgirls. Claude's book has great historical value, but it is also a wonderful read--one you'll want to recommend to your friends and family once you've enjoyed it. It shatters the myth that ranching was a romantic life. It recounts the unbelievably hard work as well as the ways we had fun. For those of us who tended that land with the help of a good cattle horse, it was a life we'll ever be nostalgic for. I treasure it for it is the story of my childhood too. I think you will treasure it for its honesty and because you'll feel like you were there and it was a life second to none! Dr. Jeanne Hounshell, Author of THIS PRECIOUS LOVE