Description: "Thirty essays on land and life in the American West; poetic prose describing the author's experiences as a wife, mother, cook, ranch hand, and writer living the cowboy life"--Provided by publisher.
Brief description: Amy Hale Auker writes essays, poems, and fiction while working for day wages on an Arizona ranch. Twenty years on commercial cattle operations in Texas cooking for cowboys, homeschooling children, and taking long walks have given her material for writing about a way of life that is alive and well in the heart of the American west. She lives in Prescott, Arizona.
Review Quotes: [Auker's] writing transcends the contemporary cattle culture and her harsh Texas landscape to become a template for creating a richer life.
--John Dofflemyer, author of Poems from Dry Creek
--Candy Moulton, The Fence Post