High, Wide and Lonesome
Growing Up on the Colorado Frontier
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
A memoir of a childhood homesteading in frontier Colorado: “A book from the heart . . . the stuff of the American dream” (The New York Times).
In this memoir of a lost America, Hal Borland tells the story of his family’s migration to eastern Colorado as homesteaders at the turn of the twentieth century. On an unsettled and unwelcoming prairie landscape, the Borlands build a house, plant crops, and eke out a meager existence. While life is difficult—and self-reliance is necessary with no neighbors for miles—the experience brings the family close and binds them closer to the terrible and beautiful natural patterns that govern their lives. Borland would grow up to study journalism and become an acclaimed nature writer, and it was these childhood years on the prairie that shaped the author’s heart and mind.
Customer Reviews
High, wide, and lonesome
An honest and sweet account of about 5 years of a boy’s life, but it is much more than that. It acknowledges and never loses the sense of wonder about the life and dreams of the people that were before us, and those that were before them...a heartfelt story that teaches a lot about family and decision making, being true to yourself and your “roots”, respecting neighbors and strangers, and about growing up.
I enjoyed it a lot. Thank you.
Vera Sager, Edmonton, Canada
Great title great book!
I enjoyed this book it’s well written with a real normal feel about it…Thanks