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"The Old West is not a certain place in a certain time, it's a state of mind."
-Darryl Ponicsan
(ca. Tom Mix Died for Your Sins: A Novel Based on His Life (New York: Delacorte Press, 1975), p. 135)
It is 1885, and a crippling drought threatens to ruin the McBride family. Their land is parched, their cattle starving. When the rain finally comes, it is a miracle that renews their hope for survival. But returning home from an afternoon swimming at a remote waterhole filled by the downpour, fourteen-year-old Tommy and sixteen-year-old Billy meet with a shocking tragedy.
Sheep drovers Paddy, Ida, and their son Sean are always on the move. Ida and Sean want to settle down on a farm, but Paddy wants to keep moving. A sheep-shearing contest, childbirth, drinking, and gambling all take a part in the final decision.
