Backlands

By Michael McGarrity

Subjects: Ranch life, Families, Fiction, historical, general, FICTION / Historical, Depressions, Fiction, History, New mexico, fiction, Family life, Fiction, westerns

Description: Catapulted into early adulthood after the death of an older brother he idolized, eight-year-old Matthew Kerney assumes difficult responsibilities to save the family ranch against a backdrop of the Great Depression and a drought-stricken Tularosa Basin.