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In 1977, Laura Bell, at loose ends after graduating from college, leaves her family home in Kentucky for a wild and unexpected adventure: herding sheep in Wyoming's Big Horn Basin. By turns cattle rancher, forest ranger, outfitter, masseuse, wife and mother, Bell vividly recounts her struggle to fin...

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Main Author: Bell, Laura, 1954-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Bell, Laura, > 1954-
Ranch life > Wyoming.
Wyoming > Social life and customs.
Sheepherding > Wyoming.
Ranches > Wyoming.
Wyoming > History, Local.
Young women > Wyoming > Biography.
Wyoming > Biography.
Memoirs.
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Summary:In 1977, Laura Bell, at loose ends after graduating from college, leaves her family home in Kentucky for a wild and unexpected adventure: herding sheep in Wyoming's Big Horn Basin. By turns cattle rancher, forest ranger, outfitter, masseuse, wife and mother, Bell vividly recounts her struggle to find solid earth in which to put down roots.
Physical Description:241 p. ; 22 cm.
ISBN:9780307272881
0307272885
Author Notes:Laura Bell 's work has been published in several collections, and from the Wyoming Arts Council she has received two literature fellowships as well as the Neltje Blanchan Memorial Award and the Frank Nelson Doubleday Memorial Award. She lives in Cody, Wyoming, and since 2000 has worked there for the Nature Conservancy.

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