Jim Perry, the exceptional cowboy with outstanding skills The American #cowboy is marketed as a white entity. But in fact, of the 35,000 cowboys that worked the ranches and rode the trails, nearly 25% were Black. The 1902 book, The Virginian, did not contain one #BlackCowboy, nor did the 1903 book, The Log of a Cowboy. Black cowboys had to be exceptional to be remembered. One exceptional cowboy was Jim Perry. Perry was mainly revered as a ranch-house cook and a chuck-wagon cook. A cowboy made $30 a month, but a cook...