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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... raised a hundred thousand dollars and prom- ised to pay . " " Oh , that . They disbursed the entire amount and last I knew they were raising more . There's a chance you could get some- thing from them , " Marshal said . " I hope they ...
... raised a hundred thousand dollars and prom- ised to pay . " " Oh , that . They disbursed the entire amount and last I knew they were raising more . There's a chance you could get some- thing from them , " Marshal said . " I hope they ...
Page 328
... raise beef in big metal barns the way they raised pork and chicken these days , bringing in all the food , letting the manure drop through wire floors , out of the way . Fluorescent lights but no sun , a stink that spreads five miles ...
... raise beef in big metal barns the way they raised pork and chicken these days , bringing in all the food , letting the manure drop through wire floors , out of the way . Fluorescent lights but no sun , a stink that spreads five miles ...
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... raised the topic . The meeting had been a disaster , and those who once applauded the great project now sat like a ... raise meat if that's what it takes to pay your taxes . I came here with a dream and a vision . Since no one here ...
... raised the topic . The meeting had been a disaster , and those who once applauded the great project now sat like a ... raise meat if that's what it takes to pay your taxes . I came here with a dream and a vision . Since no one here ...
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