I just finished this book and loved it...all the different charactors kept the book interesting I couldn't put it down. The ending was a little disappointing, but the rest of the story made up for it. I hope that there is a book to follow about Cassandra and Whit.

Wow! This was one excellent story! I loved every word of it, and was thrilled to discover it was the story of the wonderful twins, Trellis and Travor, first introduced in Midnight Blue by Dorothy Garlock. Pack and Shannon Mara Gallagher are mentioned throughout the book, and my only complaint is that we didn't get to read about their arrival at the end - since we knew they were on their way to meet the twins' new wives! After reading some of these reviews, I wondered if this book would be as good as the other books I've read of Ms. Garlock's... it was as good or better than any of them that I've read!! The arrival of Travor, Trell's twin, did not arrive as corny as another reviewer mentioned... he arrived before Jenny and Trell spoke their love for each other. This was an excellent book!!!

I fell in love with the twins in "Midnight Blue" when they were teenagers. I'm glad they got a story of their own. I enjoyed all the different storylines in the book. I do hope there will be another book about Cassandra or Whit.

I discovered this book while working as a tour guide in Wyoming, and found that it captured the spirit of the place beautifully. Ehrlich is an outsider-turned-insider, which I learned from her writing and from accounts of Wyoming natives who knew her and indeed respect her. Her accounts take you to shepherding and into a Native American sun dance ritual; fascinating stuff and there's much more. Her prose is highly poetic. My wife and I have recommended this book to many people over the years, and each person has thanked us profusely for the advice. That includes a New York native who moved to Montana, and he, too feels that this book captures the heart of the region.

My first images of Wyoming were formed as a boy, watching "The Virginian" on TV. It was a landscape of gently rolling hills and a mild climate where you could go around in shirtsleeves pretty much all the time. Well, of course, Wyoming bears no resemblance to a Southern California back lot, as I learned when I finally went there as an adult. The climate is not benign, and the land has a scale that can make you and your problems seem very small indeed.

Gretel Ehrlich writes about the true Wyoming of vast, lonely spaces, and brutal, bone chilling winters. In her book, it is a place to lose oneself and then find redemption in the rhythm of life lived in a hard place. She writes about the people that live in this place and their relationships.She writes of lonliness and endurance, friendship and new beginnings.

The highlight of the book, for me, is "The Rules of the Game", an appreciative essay on Rodeo. I've not read anything like it. Ms Ehrlich's description finds the beauty in this celebration of both individual skill and achievement, and the power and grace of teamwork. It's a lovely piece in a wonderful book.

In these essays about Wyoming, the imagery of mountain and plain and weather calls to mind the sweeping landscapes of John Ford movies. Ehrlich, born and raised in California, retains her outsider's eye for detail, and is able to translate the perspective of someone trained in documentary filmmaking very effectively into the medium of words.

Her portrayal of the men who work in this environment is very different from the stereotypes we know from Marlboro ads, "Bonanza," and movie westerns. She finds cowboys often tender-hearted, quirky, and curiously courtly. Not to be outdone by the men in this world of extremes and hard work, the women she meets and befriends are tough-minded and independent. Completing her picture are the Native Americans, whom she portrays respectfully and with an ironic appreciation for incongruity, as they both recover and reinvent a lost heritage.

Hers is also a personal story. Beginning with the wrenching death of a close male friend, it recounts in her growing love for Wyoming and its people the discovery of a new life. And while her book is no heart-on-the-sleeve display of pain and recovery, one senses at almost every step the healing process that underlies the words. As slender as a book of poems, this volume of essays calls out to be read slowly and savored, word for word.

This book is written for someone with little photography background. If your just starting in photography or if your just starting in outdoor photography it gives you some good helpful hints.

I found this book extremely valuable, and I wish similar books were available for every photogenic destination (a few others are). Given limited vacation time in each park (Tetons & Yellowstone), we were able to plan ahead and be at the right place at the right time(s) of day to get excellent shots and then onward to other activities.

The author was exactly accurate about what time the rainbows appear from successive North Rim overlooks, for example, and we hiked between them with great results. Ignore the recommendations about filters if you like, but select from the location descriptions to maximize your trip photos of the famous (and semi-secret) views. Yes I brought home a lot of cliche images, but my friends and family don't know that and they're thrilled with the "classic" enlargements.

I found this book to be an exceptional guide to both photograph and tour Yellowstome and the Tetons! The author included valuable informations such as the best times of day to take pictures in the parks, and also suggested methods to use to get the best shots! In addition to the outstanding photos in the book, the author also told how to get the best results. It turned out to be an invaluable resource in planning our visit, and I would highly recommend it those planning to take pictures and those who just want to see beautiful scenery!

I'm giving this one four stars, which is hard to do for a Sandlin book. But I think it's less to do with the writing than the fact that I've met these characters already in the second and third parts of the GroVont trilogy and like them better. Still, Western Swing is an excellent gateway drug to the rest of Tim Sandlin's collection. Sandling continues his theme of whispy men who need saving via strong women with commitment problems. If I had editorial power over this work, my only suggestion would be to kill the epilogue or at least revise it. After the dramatic mood swing from funny to depressing to ludicrous, it just didn't fit, that is unless you are the type who likes those "where are they now" moments at the end of Animal House and Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

I couldn't frickin' believe anyone gave this book less than 4 stars! Well, the humor is a tad dry, but this has to be Sandlin's best. This book is like that girlfriend you love just because she's a basketcase, you know? You'll love all the characters.

i have never felt so in touch with a book as i did with this one. i laughed & cried--especially when the end came and i had to put it down. there is so much depth in sandlin's characters, it's almost hard to see it if you aren't looking in the right place. i love this author, i have to go out & read his other stuff if it's as good as this!

If you are accustomed to reading popular legal thrillers, this book will give you little satisfaction. There are no surprising plot twists, no courtroom tricks, and no triumph of justice. It is simply the story of a shameful little trial in a shameful little town that sends Charlie Redtail to death row because he has the wrong skin color.

Garry Spence writes well and seems very familiar with small town life. For example, I enjoyed reading the scenes concerning the makeshift coroner's office. He also gives us memorable, well-rounded characters such as Abner, Charlie's lawyer, who is a very good person but not a very good lawyer and Mary, Charlie's mother, who keeps using the grocery money to bail out Charlie's Father even though they were divorced years ago. But ultimately all of the moral people in this novel are out-thought, outclassed by the evil people and it left a bad taste in my mouth.

This is a tale of bigotry, injustice, and 'New Age Indian Wars.' It is written by Gerry Spence, whose rich-tapestried courtroom oratory style has transferred well to literary novel form. As previous reviewers have noted, it is a powerfully painful book. Painful because of the truths that it releases from the dark recesses where the 'Powers That Be' have tried to hide them.

Let it speak for itself:

'The people [of Twin Buttes, Wyoming ' a small county seat town just off the Arapaho Reservation] tolerated the preacher who got caught in the whorehouse when the sheriff made a raid to collect his payoff. The people tolerated the sheriff and the people also tolerated Abner Hill, 'that Indian Lawyer,' they called him. '
Other notions prevailed. Equal rights for Indians? How could savages have equal rights? Best you could do with Indians was keep the drunks and their old jalopies off the highways. The more Indians the sheriff jailed the better a citizen's chances one wouldn't run into you head-on and kill your whole family' Yet some Native Americans had been honored as upstanding citizens, war heroes especially. ' But those who 'had made it' were usually exterminated by their assimilation. They murdered the Indian in themselves by taking on the white man's ways.
Yet the townspeople accepted the Native Americans as an immutable part of the environment, like winter storms and the hot winds of summer. Not many thought of the old men sitting in front of the JC Penny store wearing their black stovepipe hats and cheap cotton blankets as the remnant of a once great Indian Nation. Few felt guilt for the white man's original crimes against the aboriginal people, for these were not the crimes of the townspeople of Twin Buttes.'

'The appeals were mere window dressing to make the system look good. Yet occasionally someone escaped ' usually the rich. Even so those few who escaped kept hope alive so that he lawyers could point to the cases where innocent men were set free. Without hope there would be no jobs for either the judges or the lawyers.'

And there is occasional comic relief - one recurrent theme is that the Manifestly Destined 'Westward Ho!'ers did something right. They created the Snickers bar. And a people who can do that have some sublime qualities ;-)

One wonders, is it coincidence that the Mother of Charlie (the potential savior of the Holy Ground) is named Mary?

The town is filled with evil and prejudice that walks in sunlight, not
content to hide in shadows. It is a place where a half-breed Arapahoe
child watches the murder of his father as deputies use the man as a
punching bag. The residents of Twin Buttes, Wyoming taught Charlie
Radtail quite a lesson that he will never forget.

The person most
responsible for the final lesson Charlie received as a child wants to
develop Spirit Mountain, a place the Arapahoe hold scared. When that
individual Ronnie Colter dies, the Sheriff's Department believes that
Charlie killed him. When the case against Charlie goes to trial,
manufactured evidence and perjuring witnesses become prominent. Thus,
twelve people must set aside their own biases and struggle through
conflicting information to determine whether Charlie murdered Ronnie
out of vengeance or some higher cause, or is he just an innocent
dupe.

Gerry Spence makes his publishing debut a memorable one
with a dynamite novel that chillingly exposes how prejudices hamper
and even destroys justice. The story line is powerful and the key cast
members including the jurors feel authentically human. Reminiscent of
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, Mr. Spence stirs the emotions of his audience
as he hits on several complex social issues in a roller coaster of a
plot worth riding.

Harriet Klausner

Without using unappropiate language, this book [was really bad].... Like what I read, this book was not packed with action. I do not recommend this book to the people out there who want nonstop blood and conflict after conflict. I would recommend this book to those people who always want happy endings. Really, to me this book was really boring. I had to read this for school, and the title looked good, and when I read the back, it sounded good. Well, shows that the saying, don't judge a book by it's cover got me this time. The vocab of this book is kind of weird. You would have to be at least a teen to read this. Other than that, don't even try.

Without using inappropriate language, this book [was not good]. Like what I read, this book was not packed with action. I do not recommend this book to the people out there who want nonstop blood and conflict after conflict. I would recommend this book to those people who always want happy endings. Really, to me this book was really boring. I had to read this for school, and the title looked good, and when I read the back, it sounded good. Well, shows that the saying, don't judge a book by it's cover got me this time. The vocab of this book is kind of weird. You would have to be at least a teen to read this. Other than that, don't even try.

The Bloody County is a magnificent book. Sometimes it gets boring by telling to much informantion at one time, but then becomes good by picking up the story really quick.The story is based on a young boy named Ben Buck and his family that move from Connecticut to a placed called the Wyoming River Valley. The government one day comes and tell them that they have to move because another family rightfully owns this land, but the family won't leave. The next week Indians that work for the government come and scalp Ben's mother and his sister's husband. This scares the whole family and they split up. This book has its ups and downs but in the end comes out to be a pretty good book. The best part of the book is when the river floods, pulling a family and their canoe into the raging stream and then the Buck family saves them. I recommend this book to a person this book to a person that likes to read about early settlement in the U.S.

Kathleen Eagle is gifted author who creates books that are impossible to put down. When The Last Good Man was released, I immediately went to my local bookstore and gladly paid full price for a chance to enjoy this latest Kathleen Eagle book. What a disappointment! The only compelling character is Clay, the man Savannah marries. Savannah, the main character, is an unsympathetic self-involved woman who struggles far too long to come to terms with the after effects of breast surgery. The book is a series of endless drawn-out conversations between Savannah and other characters who populate this slow moving story. Mrs. Eagle's other books were beautifully written and compelling. The Last Good Man is truly not a light romance novel. It is a tedious reading experience. If you're determined to read this book, get it from your local library or wait until the book becomes available in paperback.

I wanted to love THE LAST GOOD MAN. After all, the heroine is a breast cancer survivor. As a fan of Kathleen Eagle, I was looking forward to her treatment of a sensitive issue, for the people who have/had breast cancer and those who love them. But Savannah Stephens, the heroine in question, very nearly deep sixes all Ms. Eagle's good intentions. Self-involved to the point of pathetic, she spends 95% of the book so prickly and unkind to Clay, the wonderful hero, a man who has always loved her, that she becomes very nearly irredeemable. She has a wonderful, intelligent daughter who adores her, so her reluctance to get out of bed in the morning at the beginning of the book is mind-boggling. She marries her best friend for the sake of her daughter's security, then refuses to share his bed or let him touch her. Clay, meanwhile, suffers a wealth of hurt and dismay as he learns that simply having this woman in his life is not enough. He needs her trust him with her pain, and her withholding of that trust makes this book one of the saddest I have ever read. In the end, as you would expect, Savannah comes around, and when she does it's like all the ice she was buried under melts away to reveal a woman who knows she'd be a fool to let go of such a fantastic man. The finaly chapter saved this book for me and brought it up to a 4-star, as opposed to 3-star, read.

In Sunbonnet, Wyoming the townsfolk are all excited over the return of supermodel Savannah Stephens for the first time in years. Savannah was a fixture on all the catalogues, but abruptly vanished. Now she has come home to care for her beloved ailing aunt. Especially elated about Savannah's return is Clay Keogh who always loved her. However, he knows that she was fascinated with his half-brother, a person wanted by the law for his overzealous activism.

However, Clay's dreams of this time being different are hammered when he sees the six-year-old child accompanying Savannah. Claudia Ann looks like a female miniature of his hiding half-brother. Although Savannah refuses to divulge the identity of Claudia Ann's father, Cole offers her a deal. If she marries him, he will become a father to her frightened little daughter worried about her mother's bout with breast cancer. However, marriage might interfere with her thoughts of returning to modeling.

Kathleen Eagle always provides a deep emotional tale that pulls on the hearts of the readers. Her most recent novel, THE LAST GOOD MAN, is a warm, passionate love story concentrating on various relationships. The characters make the novel, as fans will want to adopt Claudia Ann and empathize with the lead couple. Once again, Ms. Eagle takes her audience on a soaring sentimental journey.

Harriet Klausner

I'm from Rawlins, site of numerous tales in Ghosts on the Range, and while I would have liked the stories to be investigated and verified more, I am satisfied with the representation and general accuracy of the stories. Having experienced some of the entities firsthand, I was happy with details, and glad to know that perhaps readers will believe. I first read Ghosts when I was about 10, having always been interested in the paranormal. It's a very good, interesting read. Well..if you don't scare easily. Otherwise you might have to sleep with all the lights on. I think this sounds a little unstructured, but I'm not altogether here tonite, so you'll have to excuse my lack of focus.

I love this book, I've always been intrested in the paranormal and ghost stories......So when my husband and I were stationed in Wyoming while in the Air Force I purchased the book. Enjoyed every story and slept with the lights on after reading the chapter on 'The Dark Presence' that one really scared the daylights out of me....Didn't get to visit any of the places, but did have a few experiences while we lived in base housing. If you love ghost stories you'll love this book.

This book is a wonderful collection of tales, be they of whatever nature -- super or imagi.

For example, the restaurant in Chugwater, or the library in Green River built over the cemetery. The drama and interest added to the lore of the ole west and Wonderful Wyoming is heightened. But my favorite is of Luther, the prankster ghost. A person of my own taste, he took a piece of liver and dropped it into the honey pot. This ghost knows cuisine!

Well worth the read!

I have read and enjoyed several of Luanne Rice's books, though after reading Dream Country, I hesitate to continue. As a native of Wyoming, I am extremely disappointed that she didn't spend a little time in our beautiful state, and give her readers an accurate picture of this country, its people and the abundant wildlife (though sadly you'll not find bison grazing by any streams, unless you're in Yellowstone Park, or on a Reserve). She has wolves howling throughout the book--one wonders if she has them confused with coyotes??? Does she know these animals had disappeared from the West, and had to be brought in from Canada several years ago to re-populate Yellowstone Park, and though they are doing well, they are not prolific throughout the entire state? Even her geography is completely off---believe me, I don't know of any "logging" roads connecting Nebraska and Wyoming, and beyond that, it would have taken Sage and David about seven hours (in good weather) to get from the Nebraska border to anywhere near Dubois. Her picture of ranch life, and the cattle industry is filled with innaccuracies and stereotypes. A small number of calves may be sold for veal, but most cattle are not sent to slaughter until long after they are weaned. Many are not slaughtered, but sold for breeding stock to other ranches. It all makes me wonder what other kind of misinformation and shoddy research techniques (or none at all) were used to create the atmosphere in any of her other books. One assumes she knows the New England area, because that's where she grew up, but if she intends to set her books in other locations, I really believe some research, and perhaps a trip to the area is required. The American West is a fascinating and beautiful part of the country, with history and mystery to spare, and deserves to be rendered accurately.

I totally enjoyed this book. It was an easy read with a good story. It is about a couple that divorced after the heartache of a missing child. Daisy can't stay where she lost her son and James will not leave because he is always keeping a watch for his return. When their daughter (who was living with Daisy) runs away across country to James, Daisy comes to wait for her daughters safe arrival. This is a touching story to show the power of faith and love.

Most people agree that no one can ever truly go home, but events will show that if Daisy want to return she not only can, she can stay.

Daisy traveled west many years ago in search of colors that would mesh with the jewelry she creates. When she reached the Wyoming ranch of taciturn James Tucker, she fell in love and they married. Daisy gave birth to fraternal twins, Sage and Jake and everyone knew the foursome would live happily ever after. However, three-year-old Jake disappears while on a round up with his dad. The marriage disintegrated and Daisy accompanied by Sage returned to her home state of Connecticut.

For the next thirteen years James fails even to see his daughter once as he keeps his vow to his son to never forsake him dead or alive. Sage feels the pull of her birth state and when she becomes pregnant, journeys to her father's ranch where her parents greet her. The adventures of the Tucker crew have just begun.

Luanne Rice always tells a strong story about what happens in life when bad things happen to good people. This novel is character driven with heroes and villains that feel as if they come from the real world. Ms. Rice has a talent for hiding her heroes and villains from her audience. The poignant plot requires a handy tissue box as Ms. Rice leaves the reader needing tissues.

Harriet Klausner

The animal descriptions are very brief and basic. This book might be good for someone with little knowledge of wildlife but doesnt go into much detail on any animal. It also spends too much time on animals that it even states are rarely found in Yellowstone(ie Lynx) and says almost nothing about more common, although less exciting animals(various bird and small mammals).

After buying many books like this I would suggest checking them out of the library for the length of your visit. We did not see the animals in this guide to back up the information and the locations but found it good for basic information about the animals and their habitats etc.

I found the book to be very helpful. Especially paired with "Scenic Driving in Yellowstone & Grand Teton". Other than the cats, we where able to get out early and find the wolves, grizzly, moose etc.