A Providence Journal Best Book of the Year In 1977; Laura Bell left her family home in Kentucky for a wild and unexpected adventure: herding sheep in Wyoming’s Big Horn Basin. The only woman in a man’s world; she nevertheless found a home among the strange community of drunks and eccentrics; as well as a shared passion for a life of solitude and hard work. By turns cattle rancher; forest ranger; outfitter; masseuse; wife and mother; Bell vividly recounts her struggle to find solid earth in a memoir that’s as breathtaking as it is singular.
#791161 in Books Manning Chandra 2016-08-16 2016-08-16Format: Deckle EdgeOriginal language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.50 x 1.40 x 6.60l; 1.66 #File Name: 030727120X416 pagesTroubled Refuge Struggling for Freedom in the Civil War
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Donald C. KingGreat read1 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Luc SerriereFast and good. Could not be any betterLuc2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. FYI: There is more to be learned about the Civil War!By Patricia Reilly HagueI just bought this book; because I was so impressed with the author's interview on C-SPAN! In my somewhat limited readings on the Civil War I have never come across these concentration/contraband camp facilities for slaves! The author lists several pioneering concepts which seem to have begun in them. She has also mentioned a book coming soon from Abby Cooper; about Religion in Contraband Camps. So we might want to keep an eye out for that one. I have been reading a few books about Elizabeth Van Lew; who was a Union spy in the midst of Richmond; VA. She had many ideas about Southern and Northern mindsets during the Civil War which informed national attitudes. Really interesting; as is this book; if you want to know what may have contributed to such a vicious war between families!
