Backlands : a novel of the American West
Catapulted into early adulthood after the death of an older brother he idolized, eight-year-old Matthew Kerney assumes difficult responsibilities to save the family ranch against a backdrop of the Great Depression and a drought-stricken Tularosa Basin.
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Ranch life > New Mexico > Fiction. Families > New Mexico > Fiction. Droughts > Fiction. Depressions > 1929 > New Mexico > Fiction. New Mexico > History > 20th century > Fiction. |
Genre |
Historical fiction. Western fiction. Fiction. |
- ISBN: 0451471660
- ISBN: 9780451471666
- Physical Description 527 pages : map
- Publisher New York, New York : New American Library, [2015]
- Copyright ©2014
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 20.00 |
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Backlands : A Novel of the American West
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Backlands : A Novel of the American West
In the New York Times bestselling Hard Country , Michael McGarrity gave readers "an expansive, lyrical period Western in the tradition of A. B. Guthrie Jr. and Larry McMurtry" (Hampton Sides). Now McGarrity continues his richly authentic epic of life on the last vestiges of the twentieth-century American frontier. Scarred by the loss of an older brother he idolized, estranged from a father he barely knows, and deeply troubled by the failing health of a mother he adores, young Matthew Kerney is suddenly and irrevocably forced to set aside his childhood and take on responsibilities far beyond his years. When the world spirals into the Great Depression and drought settles like a plague over the nation, Matt must abandon his own dreams to salvage the Kerney ranch. Plunged into a deep trough of dark family secrets, hidden crimes, broken promises, and lies, Matt must struggle to survive on the unforgiving, sun-blasted Tularosa Basin.