Schaefersharestheindividualstoriesofsevenpeople--rancher,sheepherder,homesteader,townsettler,soldier,miner,andcowboy--inthiscollection.Hetellsthetalesastheycanonlybetold:intheopenspacesoftheOldWest.InthesememorablenarrativesSchaeferdepictstheuniqueconflictsofsettlerlifeandcapturesthespiritoftheresolute,willful,determined,andbrokencharactersfoundontheWesternfrontier.
