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Gabe Zarov-Cooper

Core Writing

October 6th, 2011

There is a man known as “The History Cowboy”. Back west, in the year of 1901, he was the most notorious bank robber there ever was. But he didn’t start out as a bank robber; he started out as a small boy. The History Cowboy has had a very hard life. Without it, he wouldn’t have become the world renowned time traveler he is today.

The Cowboy had a very hard childhood. He was born in western New Mexico, a very barren land. At the age of five, there was a massive house fire that nearly killed him and his whole family. During the blaze, The Cowboy rescued all of his pet cougar’s cubs. When he was trying to save the cougar, a burning brick fell on his face. The brick melted onto his face (this is the reason for his bandanna), and he passed out from the pain. One of the cougar cubs sensed that he was in distress, and leaped through a broken window to save him. The cub dragged him out of the wreckage. The Cowboy was forever haunted by the fact that he couldn’t save the cubs’ mother, but he had a new companion. The cougar that saved him, he affectionately named Boomer. He still has that cougar today. Another terrible thing that happened to The Cowboy is that at the age of twelve, his whole town was wiped out by a cholera outbreak. He was the soul survivor. This kind of thing would scar any normal human being. Having these terrible things happen to him hardened him in later life.

Through his teens and early thirties, The Cowboy was a bank robber. At first, in his teens and early twenties, he only mugged people, trivial muggings. And the only weapon he used was his pet cougar. He made a great deal of money, but it wasn’t enough. His mugging germinated into bank robbery. He began robbing banks. In his career he robbed twenty three banks and mugged around ninety-seven people (although no official record is held). Then, during his twenty fourth robbery, he was ambushed and arrested, this time time for good. He was sent to the largest, most secure prison in the west at that time.

The Cowboy’s time in jail was very hard. He was separated from his cougar, which was very hard for him. It was the only thing that he had loved since he was twelve. Also the Prison Guards abused him. They beat him and starved him. This proves that he was tough and could take whatever people through at him.

This paper proves that The History Cowboy has a very hard life. He lived through one hard childhood. He lived as a criminal for twenty years. He killed people, and that weighs on your conscience. He spent four years in a brutal prison. He lived through all of this, and it proves that he has had a very hard life.