Country Editor's Boy
Title | Country Editor's Boy PDF eBook |
Author | Hal Borland |
Publisher | J.P. Lippincott |
Pages | 328 |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN |
The story of a young man torn between two worlds, one where buffalo still roam the plains and Cheyenne war whoops can be heard and the other where the land - and the men - are fenced in and urbanized.
High Lonesome
Title | High Lonesome PDF eBook |
Author | Louis L'Amour |
Publisher | Bantam |
Pages | 162 |
Release | 2005-04-26 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0553899228 |
Considine and Pete Runyon had once been friends, back in the days when both were cowhands. But when Runyon married the woman Considine loved, the two parted ways. Runyon settled down and became a sheriff. Considine took up robbing banks. Now Considine is planning a raid on the bank at Obaro, a plan that will pit him against Runyon . . . and lead to riches or suicide. The one thing he never counted on was meeting a strong, beautiful woman and her stubborn father, hell-bent on traveling alone through Apache territory to a new life. Suddenly Considine must choose between revenge and redemption—and either choice could be the last one he makes.
A High, Lonesome Call
Title | A High, Lonesome Call PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Holthouser |
Publisher | |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2001-01-01 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 9780892725298 |
This is the moving, autobiographical, and often humorous story of a middle-aged carpenter and his two Brittany gun dogs who, together, make an annual trek during bird-hunting season.
When the Legends Die
Title | When the Legends Die PDF eBook |
Author | Hal Borland |
Publisher | Open Road Media |
Pages | 349 |
Release | 2011-11-29 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 1453232346 |
A young Native American raised in the forest is suddenly thrust into the modern world, in this novel by the author of The Dog Who Came to Stay. Thomas Black Bull’s parents forsook the life of a modern reservation and took to ancient paths in the woods, teaching their young son the stories and customs of his ancestors. But Tom’s life changes forever when he loses his father in a tragic accident and his mother dies shortly afterward. When Tom is discovered alone in the forest with only a bear cub as a companion, life becomes difficult. Soon, well-meaning teachers endeavor to reform him, a rodeo attempts to turn him into an act, and nearly everyone he meets tries to take control of his life. Powerful and timeless, When the Legends Die is a captivating story of one boy learning to live in harmony with both civilization and wilderness.
The High & Lonesome Sound
Title | The High & Lonesome Sound PDF eBook |
Author | John Cohen |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Banjo music |
ISBN | 9783869302546 |
Collection of photos from Cohen's travels to East Kentucky in the late 50s/early 60s, focused on local singer Holcomb; includes DVD with documentaries and CD of Holcomb's performances.
This Hill, This Valley
Title | This Hill, This Valley PDF eBook |
Author | Hal Borland |
Publisher | Open Road Media |
Pages | 389 |
Release | 2014-01-14 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 1453232389 |
A memoir of a year immersed in nature on a New England farm, by the national bestselling author of The Dog Who Came to Stay. After a nearly fatal bout of appendicitis, Hal Borland decided to leave the city behind and move with his wife to a farmhouse in rural Connecticut. Their new home on one hundred acres inspired Borland to return to nature. In this masterpiece of American nature writing, he describes such wonders as the peace of a sky full of stars, the breathless beauty of blossoming plants, the way rain swishes as it hits a river, and the invigorating renewal brought by the changing seasons. The delights of nature as Borland observes them seem boundless, and his sense of awe is contagious.
Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie
Title | Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie PDF eBook |
Author | Kristiana Gregory |
Publisher | |
Pages | 194 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Diaries |
ISBN | 9780590226516 |
In her diary, thirteen-year-old Hattie chronicles her family's arduous 1847 journey from Missouri to Oregon on the Oregon Trail.