Praise for Jeremiah During his short time on the cowboy poetry circuit, Jeremiah L. Johnson has received recognition from many admirers. "Is there, I wonder, a finer cowboy poet than young Jeremiah Johnson of ... Texas? Perhaps, but one thing about his work is apparent. It enlarges the genre. For example, his "For Tombstone" is filled with surprising, often heartrending images of the passing of the West, and what it has meant to us. Still, he reminds us that "Camelot failed. Tombstone stands. Do not forget." Furthermore, Johnson's dramatic delivery enhances the luster of his lines" -Charlie Langdon Durango (Colorado) Herald "His prose and rhyming verse transcends the norm of traditional poets in the cowboy genre. He has a keen insight into our cultural heritage and takes his readers or audience onto a plane above and into the world of the true laureate. There is certainly a place for the lighthearted stories of the ranch, prairie, and horse, and then there is art...Jeremiah skillfully weaves them all together." -Mark Brooks Western Entertainer The poetry written by Jeremiah Johnson provides a much needed sophistication to cowboy writing. The intensity and great depth of all his writing is a rejuvenation of the dignified spirit that pervaded most of the early cowboy writers work - that noble spirit was and is the essence of the cowboy hero. It’s refreshing that into the jaded ranks of “cowboy poets” rides young Jeremiah Johnson with his gourmet cowboy poetry. Quality writing by a young man you can respect. -Larry Bute Cowboy Illustrator This impressive young man, Jeremiah Johnson, came to the Arizona Cowboy Poets Gathering in 1998, where he pleased audiences and amazed the other poets with his mellifluous verse. One of the most careful craftsmen among the new generation of cowboy poets, Jeremiah is a wordsmith with few peers who has inherited his craft from the classic poets of cowboy tradition: Badger Clark, Henry Herbert Knibbs, Bruce Kiskaddon. -Warren Miller Arizona Cowboy Poets Gathering I have had the pleasure of sitting around a campfire with Jeremiah in the high country of Montana. I have seen him perform there and on stage. In Cowboy Poetry it is rare to see a performer that reaches his level of thought and intensity. Along the trails of old, Shakespeare was often recited, and readily accepted because of the meter and sounds of the words. I see Jeremiah as the Shakespeare of Cowboy Poetry. Do not expect to read this material once and pass judgment. You'll remember a passage tomorrow that will require you to read it again. -Charlie Camden Charlie Russell Western Heritage Ass’n Over the past several years, at gatherings from Arizona to Arkansas, I have found myself on programs with Jeremiah Johnson. The authenticity with which this young man writes in virtually innate, but it was the depth of sensitivity in one so young which first impressed me. I have been privileged to observe the maturity of his writing and presentation. A remarkable talent! -Dee Strickland Johnson 1997 AWA Recipient of Cowboy Poet-Female Award Jeremiah Johnson brings historical knowledge, personal experience, formidable intellect, and unabashed passion to cowboy poetry, of all things. In his creative hands it is not folk art, it is art. -Sandy Lovejoy Editor, KNIX Magazine Buck Owens Productions Young Texan Jeremiah Johnson lives up to the traditions set by D.J. O’Malley, Henry Herbert Knibbs, Charles Badger Clark, S. Omar Barker, Bruce Kiskaddon, Gail Gardner and Larry Chittendon. His verse is in the classic vein. Read and enjoy. -Mike Dawson Cowboy Poet Jeremiah Johnson is a young poet with a unique and refreshing style. He presents a picture of how Will Shakespear might perform poetry if he were a 20th Century Texan. Brilliant! Staff Sergeant W.J. “Robbie” Robertson Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Ret’d “The Mountie Cowboy Poet” This book contains some of the best cowboy poetry by one of our best young poets. His poetry reminds me of some of the greatest works of classical poetry by the bards of an earlier time. Alvin G. Davis President, American Cowboy Culture Association Chairman, National Cowboy Symposium