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Desert chrome water, a woman, and wild horses in the West

Kathryn Wilder's powerful story of grief, motherhood, and return to the desert entwines with the story of America's mustangs as Wilder makes a home on the Colorado Plateau, her property bordering a mustang herd. Desert Chrome illuminates these controversial creatures--their complex history in the Am...

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Main Author: Wilder, Kathryn, 1954- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Salt Lake City : Torrey House Press, 2021.
Edition:First Torrey House Press edition.
Subjects:
Mustang.
Wild horses.
Wilder, Kathryn, > 1954-
Colorado Plateau.
Human-animal relationships.
Human ecology.
Grief.
Motherhood.
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Summary:Kathryn Wilder's powerful story of grief, motherhood, and return to the desert entwines with the story of America's mustangs as Wilder makes a home on the Colorado Plateau, her property bordering a mustang herd. Desert Chrome illuminates these controversial creatures--their complex history in the Americas, their powerful presence on the landscape, and ways to help both horses and habitats stay wild in the arid West--and celebrates the animal nature in us all. --amazon.com.
Physical Description:301 pages ; 20 cm
ISBN:9781948814362
1948814366
Author Notes:KATHRYN WILDER 's work, cited in Best American Essays and nominated for the Pushcart Prize, has appeared in such publications as High Desert Journal , River Teeth , Fourth Genre , Sierra , and many anthologies and Hawai'i magazines. A past finalist for the Ellen Meloy Fund Desert Writers Award and the Waterston Desert Writing Prize, Wilder holds an MA from Northern Arizona University and an MFA from the Institute of American Indian Arts. She lives among mustangs in southwestern Colorado.

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