Description:
An NPR Book of the Year
A gripping portrait of one family's gamble that rodeo and ranching are the future of the West--and not just its past.
Brief description: John Branch is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the New York Times. He is the best-selling author of Boy on Ice and The Last Cowboys, and has been featured in The Best American Sports Writing. He lives near San Francisco, California.
Review Quotes: Gripping...what Branch focuses on so beautifully is how one remarkable American family navigates the situation of wanting to do dangerous, peculiar and deeply impressive kinds of work.--Nathan Deuel "Los Angeles Times"