Family man -- I've always loved this place -- Them old cowboy songs -- The sagebrush kid -- The great divide -- Deep-blood-greasy-bowl -- Swamp mischief -- Testimony of the donkey -- Tits-up in a ditch
Summary
Marks Annie Proulx's return to the Wyoming of Brokeback Mountain and the familiar cast of hardy, unsentimental prairie folk. The stories roam over centuries, and capture the voices and lives of the settlers this country has known - from the native Indian tribes to the modern-day ranch owners and politicians, and their cowboy forebears. These are stories of desperation and hard times, often marked by an inescapable sadness, set in a landscape both brutal and magnificent
