The Buffalo CommonsThe High Plains of eastern Montana are the setting for this riveting contemporary novel about good people warring over their ideals. The battle is between those who hope to restore the vast Western prairie lands to their former grandeur, where buffalo and wolves roam freely, and the ranchers who have sunk roots in the soil and wrested a living from it. Laslo Horoney is a billionaire with a dream to convert the High Plains into a national grasslands, to restore damage done by farming and overgrazing; the Nichols ranching family see this effort as a threat to a way of life that has sustained them for over a century. The Buffalo Commons is a tau, beautifully conceived drama about what happens when people of good intentions and noble dreams clash over what the earth is for and how life must be lived on it. |
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... Martin smiled sourly and said nothing . " The very concept of wilderness touted by the Sierra Club and the Greens is essentially racist , Martin . Ever think of that ? This vision of an Eden , uninhabited , the processes of na- ture ...
... Martin smiled sourly and said nothing . " The very concept of wilderness touted by the Sierra Club and the Greens is essentially racist , Martin . Ever think of that ? This vision of an Eden , uninhabited , the processes of na- ture ...
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... Martin , when the boy was blotting up everything there was to learn about ranching ; remembered Martin's love of horses , including the ones Dudley had given him . Remembered how he and Martin had ridden to the farthest corners of the ...
... Martin , when the boy was blotting up everything there was to learn about ranching ; remembered Martin's love of horses , including the ones Dudley had given him . Remembered how he and Martin had ridden to the farthest corners of the ...
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... Martin , in skivvies , confronted him owl- ishly . It was almost ten , but the young man hadn't started his day . " Martin ? " وو " I suppose they sent you to spy on me . " Your dad asked me to check up and see how you're doing . Are ...
... Martin , in skivvies , confronted him owl- ishly . It was almost ten , but the young man hadn't started his day . " Martin ? " وو " I suppose they sent you to spy on me . " Your dad asked me to check up and see how you're doing . Are ...
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