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Book SynopsisAn NPR Book of the Year
A gripping portrait of one family’s gamble that rodeo and ranching are the future of the West—and not just its past.
Trade Review"Remarkable…[
The Last Cowboys] has an uncommon ambition: it’s a story not just of rodeo, but of the contemporary West." -- John Swansburg - New York Times Book Review
"Gripping…what Branch focuses on so beautifully is how one remarkable American family navigates the situation of wanting to do dangerous, peculiar and deeply impressive kinds of work." -- Nathan Deuel - Los Angeles Times
"
The Last Cowboys isn’t just about winning saddle bronc titles…It’s about the Old West becoming new." -- The Associated Press
"Keenly observed and artfully conveyed." -- Michael Berry - San Francisco Chronicle
"A real-life story that’s not only compelling, but oddly reassuring." -- Tucker Coombe - Los Angeles Review of Books
"Avoid[s] country clichés and reveal[s] not only why rural Americans must adapt, but also the reasons they might want to." -- Craig Fehrman - Outside
"Compelling…
The Last Cowboys is an excellent, compassionate book." -- Michael Schaub - Minneapolis StarTribune
"A tribute to the things that matter." -- Amanda Olson - Deseret News
