Fabled Texas longhorn Old Blue worked as a lead steer for pioneer rancher Charles Goodnight during the legendary trail drive era, but his story was almost lost to history. In 1998 a mysterious and tattered manuscript fell into the hands of Preston Lewis, who shared the papers as Blue's "autobiography." As Blue puts it, "The cowboys who rode with me claim they did all the work. They're wrong." With They Call Me Old Blue, Spur Award-winner Preston Lewis launches the Old West Critters Collection, a series of children books providing the animal perspective on the taming of the American frontier. Blending humor, authentic Western history, and animal-centered adventure, this book opens the gate to a world where talking critters tell true stories, tales often overlooked by traditional accounts.