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“Extremely well written history of the contemporary West. Format was a little different.”
Michael Ruddy wrote this review Tuesday, July 28 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“As I was reading this, I wondered how these stories linked, hten I realized they all are linked through the meadow. While there wasn't any real plot to speak of, I liked reading each chapter, and wanted to read the next right away. The character of Lyle was so real, so much like relatives of mine out in Wyoming.”
Ryan H wrote this review Monday, June 29 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Poet James Galvin turns in a beautiful, evocative and accurate tale of the changing Mountain West. It's the novelized account of a high mountain meadow told through stories of the people who tried to claim it as their own, including Lyle, a man whom Galvin knew grewing up in northern Colorado and whose life he tried to document so that Galvin's own young daughter might someday know him. The book skips around chronologically, and there's no real linear storyline -- just sketches of the changing landscape and the people who inhabit it. Something of a cult classic in the northern Colorado region, the book will have resonance for anyone who appeciates lyrical writing and stories of man's tenuous hold on the environment. Highly recommended.”
Richard C wrote this review Thursday, December 20 2007. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
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