Fifty Miles from Home: Riding the Long Circle on a Nevada Family Ranch - Softcover

Dufurrena, Carolyn; Dufurrena, Linda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0874178460 ISBN 13: 9780874178463

Publisher: University of Nevada Press, 2011

Synopsis

The photographs and text of Fifty Miles from Home record the rhythms of life on the Dufurrena family ranch in the Quinn River Valley, and the rugged, heartbreakingly beautiful landscape of northern Nevada. The book reveals the loyalty and pride of ranchers clinging to their beleaguered lifestyle, the joys of several generations of a family sharing work and play, and the dignity of hard work done well. It also unveils the unexpected wonders of the Great Basin landscape.

About this title

About the Author:

Carolyn Dufurrena is a writer and educator who has published essays, magazine articles, and poetry, and has coauthored a book on ranch life and regional topics. She received the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame Silver Pen Award in 2002.

Linda Dufurrena is a widely exhibited and published Nevada photographer who specializes in depictions of rural Nevada scenery and traditional ranch life. Fifty Miles from Home won the Donald Kerr Award from the High Desert Museum in Bend, Oregon, in 2005.

Review:

This fine collaboration between Carolyn Dufurrena and mother-in-law Linda Dufurrena provides an insightful and personal look at ranch life in northern Nevada. --Western Horseman

This well-made and heartfelt book is at once a primer in high desert ranching, a salute to the stark beauty of this empty country and the people who work it, and alas an elegy to a culture that is disappearing. --Journal of the West

Readers of Fifty Miles will likely be seduced by Carolyn s writings and equally, or even more, by Linda s exquisite and creative photography. --Klamath Falls Herald and News

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Nevada Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0874178460
• ISBN 13: 9780874178463
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 179