McGarrity, Michael <br/><br/>
Hard country   a novel  
Michael McGarrity 
 - New York   Dutton  2012. 
 - 607 p.   24 cm. 
 - The American West Trilogy   Book 1 . <br/><br/> Hard Country is a rare and extraordinary story of one family’s struggle to settle and endure in the vast, untamed territory of New Mexico.<br/><br/>In the wake of the death of his wife as she gives birth to his son, and the killing of his brother on the West Texas plains, John Kerney is forced to give up his ranch, leave his son behind, and strike out in search of the murderous outlaws and a place where he can start over. He drifts south until he meets a man who offers him work trailing cattle to the New Mexico Territory and forever changes his life.<br/><br/>Spanning the years of 1875 to 1918, Hard Country is the Western reinvented and enlarged into a saga that above all celebrates the people and the land of the great Southwest. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780525952466 0525952462 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011041881 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Western stories.<br/>Law enforcement<br/>Outlaws<br/>Widowers
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<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>McG   32