Claiming ground

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.
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505 0 |a Migration -- Coon Creek Camp -- McCullough Peaks -- Trailing -- Burnt Mountain -- Hidden -- Medicine Wheel -- Highway -- Murdi -- On the Diamond Trail -- Gathering -- Shell Creek -- Home -- Leaving -- The stone school -- Jenny -- Moving camp -- Heart Mountain -- Claiming ground. 
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