Description
An unsentimental vision of the west, new and old, comes to life in a gritty new collection of stories by the author of Snow, Ashes
In Ghosts of Wyoming, Alyson Hagy explores the hardscrabble lives and terrain of America's least-populous state. Beyond the tourist destinations of Jackson Hole and Yellowstone lies a less familiar and wilder frontier defined by the tension wrought by abundance and scarcity.
A young runaway with a big secret slips across the state border and steals a collie pup from the Meeker County fairgrounds. A chorus of trainmen details a day spent laying rail across the Wyoming Territory, while contemporary voices describe life in the oil and gas fields near Gillette. A traveling preacher is caught up in a deadly skirmish between cattle rustlers and ranchers on his way from Rawlins to the Indian reservation on the Popo Agie River. Locals and activists clash when a tourist makes an archaeological discovery near Hoodoo Mountain.
With spirited, lyrical prose, Hagy expertly weaves together Wyoming's colorful pioneer and speculator history with the not-often-heard voices of petroleum workers, thrill-seeking rock climbers, and those left behind by the latest boom and bust.
In Ghosts of Wyoming, Alyson Hagy explores the hardscrabble lives and terrain of America's least-populous state. Beyond the tourist destinations of Jackson Hole and Yellowstone lies a less familiar and wilder frontier defined by the tension wrought by abundance and scarcity.
A young runaway with a big secret slips across the state border and steals a collie pup from the Meeker County fairgrounds. A chorus of trainmen details a day spent laying rail across the Wyoming Territory, while contemporary voices describe life in the oil and gas fields near Gillette. A traveling preacher is caught up in a deadly skirmish between cattle rustlers and ranchers on his way from Rawlins to the Indian reservation on the Popo Agie River. Locals and activists clash when a tourist makes an archaeological discovery near Hoodoo Mountain.
With spirited, lyrical prose, Hagy expertly weaves together Wyoming's colorful pioneer and speculator history with the not-often-heard voices of petroleum workers, thrill-seeking rock climbers, and those left behind by the latest boom and bust.
Info
ISBN: 9781555975487
Published Date: February 2, 2010
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Language: English
Page Count: 170
Size: 7.86" l x 5.17" w x 0.62" h
Category
Fiction