The Cowboy In You: A Survival Manual
By Greg Keough. Published by Keough House, 2026. 120 pages. English, with a Spanish edition, El Vaquero En Ti.
The Cowboy In You is a free survival manual by Greg Keough. Ten lessons from a life lived at the extremes, on freedom, money, death, marriage and faith, told alongside the stories they came from.
The stories are not illustrations of the lessons. They are what the lessons cost.
I'm no prophet. I'm no philosopher. I'm not selling anything. I've been broke enough to sell my daughters' dollhouse. I built companies and watched them collapse. But every rebuild was bigger. And I learned more sleeping on concrete than you ever will in an Ivy League classroom.
Greg Keough has received the CIA's Intelligence Star for extraordinary heroism. He wrote it for his five children. He published it because he thought it might be useful to anyone else standing somewhere similar.
Read it free
The whole book is on one page, free, with nothing to sign up for: Read The Cowboy In You online. The Kindle edition is free as well.
English editions
Kindle edition, free. ISBN 979-8-9977187-2-5. Amazon Kindle. Also free at Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Apple Books and other stores.
Paperback, $7.99. ISBN 979-8-9977187-0-1. 5.5 x 8.5 in, 120 pages. Amazon.
Hardcover, $17.99. ISBN 979-8-9977187-1-8. 5.5 x 8.5 in, 120 pages. Amazon.
Spanish edition: El Vaquero En Ti
El Vaquero En Ti: Un Manual de Supervivencia. Read it free in Spanish at elvaqueroenti.com.
Kindle, free. ISBN 979-8-9977187-5-6. Amazon Kindle.
Paperback, $7.99. ISBN 979-8-9977187-3-2. Amazon.
Hardcover, $17.99. ISBN 979-8-9977187-4-9. Amazon.
About the author
Greg Keough served as a covert operations officer in the CIA's Directorate of Operations and received the Agency's Intelligence Star for extraordinary heroism. He has built companies worth hundreds of millions and lost it all. But every rebuild was bigger. He wrote The Cowboy In You for his five children, then gave it away free to anyone else who needs it. He has been married thirty years and lives in El Salvador. More at gregkeough.com.
For booksellers and librarians
Publisher: Keough House. Author: Greg Keough. Title: The Cowboy In You: A Survival Manual. Subjects: Inspiration, Family. Trim 5.5 x 8.5 in, 120 pages, cream paper. ISBNs: paperback 979-8-9977187-0-1, hardcover 979-8-9977187-1-8, ebook 979-8-9977187-2-5. Spanish: paperback 979-8-9977187-3-2, hardcover 979-8-9977187-4-9, ebook 979-8-9977187-5-6. Print editions are available through Amazon and the Ingram catalogue.