Prologue
The Sorting Out Process
The Hills
Mari Sandoz
Making It All Work
Heidi Ostrander
"'Spose I Coulda Lived in the City" by Willard Hollopeter, cowboy poet
"I've Spent a Lot of Time There" by Lyn Messersmith, cowboy poet
Praise Party
Ed Pisel
Roping a Coyote, as told by Bill Shrewsbury
Branding
The Bohunk
Jack Brennan and the Blizzard of 1949, as told by his wife, June
Enduring Woman
The Final Show
Suggested Readings
Acknowledgments