“If you are served a slice of humble pie, thank the server and choke it down.”

So advises H. Alan Day in his new book, “Cowboy Up! Life Lessons from Lazy B.”Alan Day’s discussion of this book is the first in the Fountain Hills Friends of the Library author series for 2018.

Day will speak Wednesday, Jan. 17, beginning at 2 p.m. at the Community Center. The event is free and open to the public.

Day, an award-winning author and American cowboy, has owned ranches in Nebraska and South Dakota and lived adventures most of us only witness on Netflix. While interacting with cowhands, horses and the land, Day learned valuable life lessons.

Alan and his sister, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, co-authored The New York Times bestselling memoir, “Lazy B,”which chronicles their story of growing up on a southwestern cattle ranch. In 2016, Fountain Hills Friends of the Library sponsored Day’s presentation of his award-winning memoir, “The Horse Lover: A Cowboy’s Quest to Save the Wild Mustangs.”

Day continues his storytelling in “Cowboy Up!,” a collection of 35 personal stories narrated in his authentic western voice. These stories touch on topics that affect us all: Friendship, family, business, politics, community and conservation.

As Day learned early on, a true friend has your back for life, whether that friend has two legs or four.

Day’s book will be available for sale and signing at the event. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. next Wednesday, Jan. 17.