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"The passion and fun of living the Wild West lifestyle oozes off of
every page. Here's to a pard who describes his passion as 'a glad
ache for the frontier past'... Amen, etc." -Bob Boze Bell, True
West Magazine (Old Guns Whispering Ghosts) Pancho Villa's
Motorcycle is a unique collection of thoughtful, inspiring,
humorous, attitude-filled essays describing the fascinating
experience and unusual perspectives of the rural American West.
Deep in the mountains of the historic Southwest lies the "sovereign
county" of Catron, one of the largest and least developed counties
in the entire country, and a place with far more elk than people.
It seems to exist in its own time zone, at the frontier edge
between a moseying past and rushing future, present reality and
infinite imagination. Its capital is the village of Reserve -
affectionately known as "Reverse" - a community in open resistance
to both the dictates of the federal government and the boring
normalcy and conformity of our times. A land sculpted by
thunderstorms and flash floods as much as relentless sun and
periodic drought, this corner of New Mexico has long been host to
extremes of thinking as well as of weather. Over time it has
attracted fierce bands of Apache raiders, just as it had the
relatively peaceful Mogollon pit-house dwellers who preceded them
by millennia. It pulled like a magnet on the lodestone hearts of
pioneer Mormon men and women alongside hard- bitten outlaws like
the fabled Butch Cassidy, and on the early conservationist Aldo
Leopold no less than the fabled gunfighter Elfego Baca or that
eccentric bear and lion hunter Ben Lilly. The region remains
internationally famous not only for its rich history and stunning
natural beauty, but also for its residents' storied independent
streak and staunch regional and libertarian stance. Catron County
is representative of the rural flavor, spunky attitude and wry
humor found all across the great and lesser populated American
West. From sand and adobe clad Arizona to marvelously mountainous
Montana, folks in the more rural areas tend to value authenticity
over appearance, experience over concept, challenge over comfort,
freedom over security, adventure over safety. Visitors to this area
encounter a mix of recalcitrant cowboys and visionary
back-to-the-landers, newly arrived survivalists, and folks of
Spanish and Indian blood who irrigate their fields from the river
the same as their ancestors did. Pancho Villa's Motorcycle is meant
to bring to life for you the fast disappearing world of small towns
and uncluttered vistas, of knowing humor and countryfied wisdom,
and a more authentic and enjoyable way of living. Herein you'll
find a world of wild animals in the kitchen and wild-foods
gathering, unbroken spirits and unbroken horses, lives vigorously
lived and promises kept, cowboy hats and "thank you ma'ms," a
backwoods view of politics and a nontypical, backwards glance at
authentic Western history. Pancho Villa's Motorcycle casts new
light on the Old West, on the problem with authority and the
absurdity of airline safety manuals, the ramifications of Pancho
Villa's Indian brand motorcycle, and the importance of really
paying attention whenever tasting your biscuit and jam. On the
importance of authenticity and value of resistance, country
dialects and the honoring of tradition, the real meaning of the
word"wild..". and taking time to look at the world through the eyes
of a child. Expect also: curious true stories about eating
packrats, pondering the significance of bear poo, alienating vegan
pacifist guests, and the many other eruptions and realizations of a
fully-lived backwoods life. Journey into and through a place that
can tweak your reality and stir you to challenge assumptions, take
risks and live your dreams, to a place where "where we are" is
nearly as important as who we are, and to a peculiar but wondrous
and responsible way of seeing and being. Now put your feet up, and
savor
The Medicine Bear is a novel of adventure, devotion and healing in
the enchanted Southwestern U.S. in the closing days of the Old
West. "A pleasure for herbalists to read," Robin Rose Bennett calls
this work by Plant Healer cofounder Jesse Wolf Hardin, "It offers
an inspiring education for those who long to become more intimate
with healing plants. The plants, the mountains, and the medicine
bear sing to us, calling us each to full aliveness." A full 365
pages long, with 76 hand drawn illustrations and historic
photographs. From the Foreword by Kiva Rose: "Never has a story of
magic and healing, clarity and wildness been so needed as now.
Hardin's masterful approach to magical realism and history grants
us a seldom seen view into the events that have shaped the
borderlands and its people. So pull up a seat, and listen to a
master storyteller's tale of an mestiza healer and her true love."
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