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Badluck Way
- A Year on the Ragged Edge of the West
- Narrated by: Pete Simonelli
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 03-30-15
- Language: English
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $17.00
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"Mine might have been a simple, pretty story if not for the wolves. In late July they emerged from the foothills...."
In this gripping memoir of a young man, a wolf, and their parallel lives and ultimate collision, Bryce Andrews describes life on the remote, windswept Sun Ranch in Southwest Montana. The Sun's 20,000 acres of rangeland occupy a still-wild corner of Southwest Montana - a high valley surrounded by mountain ranges and steep creeks with portentous names like Grizzly, Dead Man, and Bad Luck. Just over the border from Yellowstone National Park, the Sun holds giant herds of cattle and elk amid many predators - bears, mountain lions, and wolves. In lyrical, haunting language, Andrews recounts marathon days and nights of building fences, riding, roping, and otherwise learning the hard business of caring for cattle, an initiation that changes him from an idealistic city kid into a skilled ranch hand. But when wolves suddenly begin killing the ranch's cattle, Andrews has to shoulder a rifle, chase the pack, and do what he'd hoped he would never have to do.
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- daveandaspen Evans
- NC
- 06-15-15
Like the story. Good escape.
The story was good. If your in to ranchers, alpine wilderness and wild life it is a nice distraction from every day life.
The narrator :
He is great and has a great voice. It just wish he would pronounce the word wolf as if there is a "L" in it because there is one. Other than that he is great for and book.
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- Ryan
- 07-21-18
Thoughtful and vivid storytelling
For those curious about the interplay between ranching and the reintroduction of wolves, this book is a must read. Thoughtfully written in a style reminiscent of Norman McLain. It will leave you with a deeper understanding of the challenges ranchers face, a deeper sense of the wildness personified by wolves.