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THE TRUE WEST VIDEO. 1:42
     Did you know that the Lone Ranger was likely inspired by a black cowboy? Or that some of the most famous sharpshooters in the West were women? Or how a Native American rodeo star could ride even a buffalo? These are no tall tales! In fact, historians estimate that 1-in-4 cowboys were actually black, Latino, or Native American—or even women! So saddle up for a tour of the Wild West with some of history's most unsung heroes and discover how the great Western story is really everyone's story.
      I’m proud to say that Kickstarter selected THE TRUE WEST as  “A Project We Love” and that it quickly exceeded its Kickstarter goal! Now that it's printed with a hard bound cover and incredible illustrations by William Luong  --  48 pages in full color -- I'm every bit as proud to say it will be given a national push by Barnes and Noble! 
     Written for kids 4-9 (and their grown-ups), the book  tells the stories of the astonishing people in the American West and celebrates their incredible, and too little recognized, diversity. Page after page, it’s packed with people you’ve probably never heard about and facts you’ve probably never known.
      As I worked on the book, I was struck by the strong characters and astonishing stories of their lives of  the people I was writing about. Any one of them would be a great role model for any young person. No matter their heritage, ethnicity or gender, from Calamity Jane and Deadwood Dick to "Stagecoach" Mary Fields and Wild Bill Hickok, they were all strong, smart and resilient — and made their way in life under incredibly difficult circumstances.  Even beyond the stories of these amazing people, THE TRUE WEST is part of our history that everyone in the US should know. 
        In closing,  I’d like to tell you how proud I am to be associated with the publisher, Bushel & Peck, which was founded by Publisher’s Weekly “rising star” David Miles. As part of its mission, Bushel & Peck's  “Book-for-Book Promise”  will give a free copy of THE TRUE WEST to an underserved school or community for every one sold.
    All in all, it’s a beautiful book, a worthy cause and a treasure trove of fun and fascinating information. I think, and hope, this will be a book you and your kids will enjoy immensely …and remember forever.
Mifflin Lowe

COWBOY HOWIE. THE ADVENTURE OF THE CENTRAL PARK COYOTE AND THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE. 
 ON AMAZON AND KINDLE. ​
The inspiration for THE TRUE WEST came from a book and collection of songs I wrote (and sang) about a boy from New York City who dreamed of being a cowboy, COWBOY HOWIE. THE ADVENTURE OF THE CENTRAL PARK COYOTE AND THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE. I hope you'll get a chance to enjoy the animation below, as well as look at the illustrations for this picture book for kids 3-7 and listen to the music for "Cowboy Howie." It's all right here on this site!
COWBOY HOWIE ANIMATIC 3:31 -- the story of The Central Park Coyote and Thanksgiving Day Parade.
COWBOY HOWIE. Review by Jake Cathers in “Newport Life”magazine Jan 2019.
  
IMAGINATION, ACCEPTANCE AT HEART OF CHILDREN'S BOOK.
Newport author Mifflin Lowe introduces young Howie Kaplinsky from New York City, a child who has always dreamed of being a cowboy. It’s an inspiring story of creativity as Howie ventures through the city using his imagination to turn what he sees into a make-believe western landscape. The story shows us how to look at our surroundings through a child’s eyes, embrace the differences and accept them. A kid at heart, Lowe fully embraces the freedom and joy a child can experience by following their heart and opening their mind. Lowe recalled having a publisher challenge his ability to write a children’s book as an adult with no children of his own. “But I am one,” he replied simply. It’s Lowe’s own inner child that comes through in Howie’s imagination, as children rely on their imagination to transport them into the story. “Their treasure is their imagination,” says Lowe. Lowe also subtly introduces the concept of race into the story, using illustrations to show that Howie’s family is biracial. He wanted to introduce Howie as a modern child, living in the city, where acceptance, inclusion and harmony are part of the social landscape. 
 “COWBOY HOWIE. THE ADVENTURE OF THE CENTRAL PARK COYOTE AND THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE.” (Written by Mifflin Lowe. Illustrated by Martina Crepulja. Full color. 34 pages.)

THE STORY:
An imaginative boy from New York City, with an ethnically diverse background, Howie Kaplinsky dreams of being a cowboy, vividly fantasizing that NYC locations and situations are scenes and situations in the Wild West. With his “Cowboy Vision,” Howie transforms dogs into coyotes, telephone poles into sequoias, a woman in a fur coat into a grizzly bear, the concrete canyons of New York into the Grand Canyon, and Thanksgiving parade floats into an enormous, bizarre stampede. Despite being an “underdog,” who is constantly told he can never be a “real cowboy,” Howie’s imagination and “Cowboy Vision” give him “Cowboy Powers” that help him overcome the problems and challenges he faces — and allow him to make his dreams come true as he and his friends pursue adventures and life in New York City.
    

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COWBOY HOWIE. THE ADVENTURE OF THE CENTRAL PARK COYOTE AND THE THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE Click on this site's last page "NEW! COWBOY HOWIE MUSIC AND PIX" to see picture, read the story and hear the songs from the animated movie, now in production, THE AWESOME, AMAZING, OCCASIONALLY ASTONISHING ADVENTURES OF COWBOY HOWIE.