First published in 1935, Old Jules is unquestionably Mari Sandoz's masterpiece. This portrait of her pioneer father grew out of -the silent hours of listening behind the stove or the wood box, when it was assumed, of course, that I was asleep in bed. So it was that I heard the accounts of the hunts, - Sandoz recalls. -Of the fights with the cattlemen and the sheepmen, of the tragic scarcity of women, when a man had to 'marry anything that got off the train, ' of the droughts, the storms, the wind and isolation. But the most impressive stories were those told me by Old Jules himself.-...
First published in 1935, Old Jules is unquestionably Mari Sandoz's masterpiece. This portrait of her pioneer father grew out of -the silent hou...
A collection of personal essays from one of the most widely published American environmental writers addresses the concerns about the effects of ranching on the environment.
A collection of personal essays from one of the most widely published American environmental writers addresses the concerns about the effects of ranch...
Suitable for those who are curious about the state of contemporary West, this book offers a report from the front, where nature and human aspirations are often at odds, and where the concepts of community and mutual responsibility are being redefined.
Suitable for those who are curious about the state of contemporary West, this book offers a report from the front, where nature and human aspirations ...
In No Place Like Home, Linda Hasselstrom ponders the changing nature of community in the modern West, where old family ranches are being turned into subdivisions and historic towns are evolving into mean, congested cities. Her scrutiny, like her life, moves back and forth between her ranch on the South Dakota prairie and her house in an old neighborhood at the edge of downtown Cheyenne, Wyoming. The vignettes that form the foundation of her consideration are drawn from the communities she has known during her life in the West, reflecting on how they have grown, thrived, failed, and...
In No Place Like Home, Linda Hasselstrom ponders the changing nature of community in the modern West, where old family ranches are being tur...
