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The false arrest and murder of a ranch hand under his care raises the ire of Boss Spearman, who is determined to bring the killers to justice.
Boss Spearman knew the end was near for open range men like him, cattlemen who drove their herds through the country to graze and then move on. Local stockmen were staking claims to grazing areas throughout the West. Spearman had no quarrel with that, but he wasn't about to let anyone intimidate him without...
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[2012]
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Cat Urbigkit journeys alone to spend a season on Wyoming's open range, tending to a flock of domestic sheep as they give birth amid the challenges of nature, from severe weather to a wealth of predators. Her only companions are the guardian animals, big dogs and a pair of burros named Bill and Hillary, that repeatedly prove their worth in their devotion to protecting the flock. Urbigkit offers interesting reflections on the role of pastoralists around...
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2016.
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"Dave Kerchival inherits the Lazy Y when its owner, Bill Yeager, is dry-gulched and decides to continue Yeager's practice of allowing the plains ranchers access to summer graze on the Mount Cherokee plateau--a decision that puts him at war with Abel Hendron of the War Hatchett spread who wants that access closed"--
