No, I’ve just wanted to go to a place where everything is strange and new and it’s like what you felt seeing everything for the first time.”

The adventures of a Texas cowboy who hates the sounds of mechanical anything is not the story I was expecting when I started All The Cowboys Ain’t Gone by author John J. Jacobson. I was expecting the story to stay tied to south Texas and northern Mexico. What the author delivered was the story of a well-educated boy who turned into a young man taking off on a wild adventure to join the French Legion.

The cowboy in question is Lincoln Smith and his adventures drive this book in brisk chunks of time.  From south Texas to Florida to Africa. What I love about this story how the author took me on an adventure that I didn’t want to put down. It was very reminiscent of Indiana Jones and epic Italian spaghetti Western movies all mingling together.

There is a treasure to be found, amongst the crocodiles, a stolen rifle, a dead horse, a few kidnappings are all a part of a boisterous tour de force by Jacobson. The best part was that it is highly realistic and energetically fun. Quite well-written the only flaw I saw with this story neared the end and felt like it quite rushed to a small degree.

If you are wanting a perfect escapism book that brings to life adventures from the wilds of Texas to the sands of Africa, then check out Jacobson’s book All The Cowboys Ain’t Gone.