“Nobody tells the cowboy stories from our part of the West like Ken Overcast! Occasionally the names have to be changed, but the words are real and the tales are mostly true!”Taylor Brown Northern Broadcasting System
“There are two things about cowboy life it is hard work and it is often funny. It seems that cattle, horses, cow dogs, weather, windmills, bureaucrats, ranch wives, and God himself all conspire to make sure nothin’ ever goes as planned. Anyway, all that laughin’ keeps cowboy life tolerable and interesting. Now any gifted cowboyDarrell Arnold Publisher & Editor, Cowboy Magazine
“As a boy growing up in the deserts, mountains, canyons, and cattle country of Arizona, I spent many an evening listening to tales told around the campfire. Some were true (so the teller swore), some were exaggerated (so my maturing sense of credulity told me) and some were creative fiction at its most delightful (soLee Haines Director of Public Relations, Buffalo Bill Historical Center
“Ken Overcast’s wit, style and precise translation of Montana cowboy culture make his Shootin’ the Breeze, Cowboy Style a hoot to read. He hits the hammer on the head in his humorous descriptions of a cowboy culture vanishing from the Montana landscape, but Overcast helps preserve that culture in this special book about cowboys’ dailyDavid Reese Editor & Publisher of Montana Living Magazine
“What a delight to read Shootin’ the Breeze. My kids joined in the fun and we all had lots of laughs. It was a great way to share with them a little of the culture (albeit, somewhat embellished) of the area where I spent my childhood! The family favorite was Grandad’s Double Uddered Cow. MyPatricia Boyle Director of Education & Programming, C.M. Russell Museum
“It’s easy to see why Ken Overcast has won the Academy of Western Artist’s Will Rogers Award, and why he’s a syndicated columnist and radio show host. Take for example, Chapter 38 in Shootin’ the Breeze, Cowboy Style, Overcast’s yarn about an “uncorralable renegade” stallion in North Dakota. The horse finally was bested by aWestern Horseman Magazine December 2005
“Ken Overcast’s Shootin’ the Breeze Cowboy Style is a compilation of fifty stories that are like potato chips…you can’t read just one. This is a book you’ll want to keep next to your bed, in the outhouse (no paperwork here) or in your pick-up for that time you have a few moments to read andDakota Livesay Chronicle of the Old West
Hey, Overcast fans…. “Savor the dusty flavors of the Old West, with a large dollop of “therapeutic B.S.” in this new chuckle-full collection of stories by Chinook singer, cowboy and storyteller Ken Overcast. In his own words, Overcast believes it’s his “duty to mankind to spread as much baloney as possible,” and these 50 tallMontana State of the Arts January/February 2007 Issue