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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... sure the origin of that name and there were three or four versions of the story . But it was known that John's ancestors were among those who in the autumn of 1878 fled Indian Territory , Oklahoma , where the Northern Cheyenne had ...
... sure the origin of that name and there were three or four versions of the story . But it was known that John's ancestors were among those who in the autumn of 1878 fled Indian Territory , Oklahoma , where the Northern Cheyenne had ...
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... sure of that , or sure that Trouble would be driving to South Dakota on a pilgrimage to an ancient holy place . Trouble drove home through the long summer twilight feeling torn . The Sweet Medicine story tugged at him , even though he ...
... sure of that , or sure that Trouble would be driving to South Dakota on a pilgrimage to an ancient holy place . Trouble drove home through the long summer twilight feeling torn . The Sweet Medicine story tugged at him , even though he ...
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... sure people knew he was on their place , and what he was doing . But Cam Nichols wasn't home , and neither was Dudley . So he turned to the daughter what was her name ? DeeAnn , over in the house a half mile back . He found her there ...
... sure people knew he was on their place , and what he was doing . But Cam Nichols wasn't home , and neither was Dudley . So he turned to the daughter what was her name ? DeeAnn , over in the house a half mile back . He found her there ...
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