Hard Country

English

ISBN: 0525952462

EAN: 9780525952466

Category: Fiction / Historical/Fiction / Westerns/

Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Release Date: 05/10/2012

Age Range: 18-null

Synopsis: A richly authentic epic adventure of rough-hewn men and courageous women, set in the hard country of the American Southwest frontier. Hard Countryis a rare and extraordinary story of one woman;s struggle to settle and endure in the vast, untamed territory of New Mexico. In the wake of the death of his wife as she gives birth to his son, and the killing of his brother on the West Texas plains, John Kerney is forced to give up his ranch, leave his son behind, and strike out in search of the murderous outlaws and a place where he can start over. He drifts south until he meets a man who offers him work trailing cattle to the New Mexico Territory and forever changes his life. Spanning the years of 1875 to 1918, Hard Countryis the Western reinvented and enlarged into a saga that above all celebrates the people and the land of the great Southwest.

Hard Country

Illustrated: No

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.81 inches

Width: 6.31 inches

Length: 9.33 inches

Weight: 30.79 oz

Pages: 624