Collection of columns originally published in the Reno Gazette-Journal.

A miner had been killed in Alkali, and there were those who wanted to give Padge Regan the necktie treatment before his wealthy parents could influence the law. But others were determined that the youngster should be given a fair trial, even though his mother might come to his defense and sway judge and jury by her beauty and her eloquence.Among Padge's defenders, if that could be a proper description of those who wanted to see him hang legally, was...

One Saturday night in Las Vegas, twelve-year-old Newell Ewing goes out with a friend and doesn't come home. In the aftermath of his disappearance, his mother, Lorraine, makes daily pilgrimages to her son's room and tortures herself with memories. Equally distraught, the boy's father, Lincoln, finds himself wanting to comfort his wife even as he yearns for solace, a loving touch, any kind of intimacy. As the Ewings navigate the mystery of what's become...

"This is a book of essays about the American West, about poets and poetry, and about looking beyond our borders for reconciliation and lessons about how we might address similar issues at home."--Provided by publisher.

An "old buckaroo" tells how he became a cowboy, what the work was like in the past, and how this life has changed.

A collection of thirteen short stories based on real and imagined characters in Nevada