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The Last Cowboys John Branch

The Last Cowboys By John Branch

The Last Cowboys by John Branch


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Summary

A can't-put-it-down modern Western. -Kirk Siegler, NPR

Longlisted for the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing

The Last Cowboys Summary

The Last Cowboys: A Pioneer Family in the New West by John Branch

The Last Cowboys is Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter John Branch's epic tale of one American family struggling to hold on to the fading vestiges of the Old West. For generations, the Wrights of southern Utah have raised cattle and world-champion saddle-bronc riders-many call them the most successful rodeo family in history. Now they find themselves fighting to save their land and livelihood as the West is transformed by urbanization, battered by drought, and rearranged by public-land disputes. Could rodeo, of all things, be the answer? Written with great lyricism and filled with vivid scenes of heartache and broken bones, The Last Cowboys is a powerful testament to the grit and integrity that fuel the American Dream.

The Last Cowboys Reviews

The Last Cowboys is a beautiful book, threading deep reporting into a gorgeously written narrative. It is American portraiture at its best. -- Susan Orlean
One hell of a ride. -- Carson Vaughan - Washington Post
Remarkable.... [The Last Cowboys] has an uncommon ambition: it's a story not just of rodeo, but of the contemporary West. -- John Swansburg - New York Times Book Review
Gripping.... What Branch focuses on so beautifully is how one remarkable American family navigates the situation of wanting to do dangerous, peculiar and deeply impressive kinds of work. -- Nathan Deuel - Los Angeles Times
The Last Cowboys is informed by scrupulous and compassionate reporting, casting light on a side of the sporting world typically hidden from view. -- Andrew Graybill - Wall Street Journal
The Last Cowboys is a humble but sweeping portrait of a humble but highly accomplished family. -- Chris Vognar - Dallas Morning News
Keenly observed and artfully conveyed. -- Michael Berry - San Francisco Chronicle
A fascinating dive into what it's like to make a living by horseback, both on the range and at the rodeo. -- Christopher Collins - Texas Observer
Branch does a beautiful job chronicling a family as it navigates old traditions in a new, fast-paced century.... The Last Cowboys is an excellent, compassionate book. -- Michael Schaub - Minneapolis Star Tribune
[The Last Cowboys] isn't just about winning saddle bronc titles.... It's about the Old West becoming new. -- Associated Press

About John Branch

John Branch is a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for the New York Times. He is the best-selling author of Boy on Ice and The Last Cowboys, and has been featured in The Best American Sports Writing. He lives near San Francisco, California.

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GOR012041764
9780393356991
039335699X
The Last Cowboys: A Pioneer Family in the New West by John Branch
Used - Very Good
Paperback
WW Norton & Co
20190604
288
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