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My Ranch, Too - A Wyoming Memoir (Hardcover)
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My Ranch, Too - A Wyoming Memoir (Hardcover)
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For many outsiders, the word ""ranching"" conjures romantic images
of riding on horseback through rolling grasslands while living and
working against a backdrop of breathtaking mountain vistas. In this
absorbing memoir of life in the Wyoming high country, Mary Budd
Flitner offers a more authentic glimpse into the daily realities of
ranch life - and what it takes to survive in the ranching world.
Some of Flitner's recollections are humorous and lighthearted.
Others take a darker turn. A modern-day rancher with decades of
experience, Mary has dealt with the hardships and challenges that
come with this way of life. She's survived harsh conditions like
the ""winter of 50 below"" and economic downturns that threatened
her family's livelihood. She's also wrestled with her role as a
woman in a profession that doesn't always treat her as equal. But
for all its challenges, Flitner has also savored ranching's joys,
including the ties that bind multiple generations of families to
the land. My Ranch, Too begins with the story of her
great-grandfather, Daniel Budd, who in 1878 drove a herd of cattle
into Wyoming Territory and settled his family in an area where
conditions seemed favorable. Four generations later, Mary grew up
on this same portion of land, learning how to ride horseback and
take care of livestock. When she married Stan, she simply moved
from one ranch to another, joining the Flitner family's Diamond
Tail Ranch in Wyoming's Big Horn Basin. The Diamond Tail is not
Mary's alone to run, as she is quick to acknowledge. Everybody
pitches in, even the smallest of children. But when Mary takes the
responsibility of gathering a herd of cattle or makes solo rounds
at the crack of dawn to check on the livestock, we have no doubt
that this is indeed her ranch, too.
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