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High country : a novel
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| Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult Fiction - South Wing Basement | [W] Wyman | Checked Out | May 18, 2024 |
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359 pages
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The packers business is guiding mule trains into mountains where wagons cant travel. Its a life of danger, long days, and low pay. But for those wedded to the wilderness and inaccessible high country, it is the only life there is. During the Great Depression, young Ty Hardin is sent from his familys failing Montana ranch to learn from the last of the great packers, Fenton Pardee, legendary in the Montana Rockies for his packing adventures across the Swan Range all the way to the Big Divide. High Country follows Ty through this apprenticeship and into World War II, where he watches trucks and jeeps replace the armys mules. Wounded and shipped home, Ty recovers by packing into the Montana mountains he loves. After his mentor dies, Ty leaves Montana for the Sierra Nevadathe highest country of allwhere he becomes a legend in his own right. Writing in the tradition of Norman Macleans A River Runs through It, Willard Wyman shares techniques of breaking and packing and leading animals into forbidding country, hunting and tracking, and making camp. Wyman brings you so close to the packers life you smell the leather, sweat, and oil.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wyman, W. (2005). High country: a novel . University of Oklahoma Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wyman, Willard, 1930-. 2005. High Country: A Novel. University of Oklahoma Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wyman, Willard, 1930-. High Country: A Novel University of Oklahoma Press, 2005.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wyman, Willard. High Country: A Novel University of Oklahoma Press, 2005.
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