A Ranch Bordering the Salty River

A Ranch Bordering the Salty River

by Stephen Page
A Ranch Bordering the Salty River

A Ranch Bordering the Salty River

by Stephen Page

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Overview

The book is the story (in verse and poetic prose) of Jonathan, a rancher who learns how to run a ranch in an environmentally conscious manner. He also learns how treat the animals humanely, and the employees justly. He ensures that a generous portion of land is kept feral as a wildlife refuge and a haven for local flora. As the years pass, he is daily battling cattle rustlers, horse thieves, contact hustlers, and to keep his family's ranch eco-friendly. The drama unfolds until . . .


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781635340358
Publisher: Finishing Line Press
Publication date: 09/23/2016
Pages: 48
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.12(d)

About the Author

Stephen Page is part Shawnee and part Apache. His other books of poetry include The Timbre of Sand (1999) and Still Dandelions (2004). He graduated from Palomar College, Columbia University (with honors), and Bennington College. He recieved a Jess Cloud Memorial Prize for Poetry, a Writer-in-Residence with stipend from the Montana Artists Refuge, a full Writer Fellowship from the Vermont Studio Center, an Imagination Grant from Cleveland State University, and an Arvon Foundation Ltd. Grant. His book reviews are published regularly in the Buenos Aires Herald and on Fox Chase Review. He also writes short stories, novels, screen plays. He has taught literature, ESL, and film studies. He loves family, spontaneous road trips, and throwing his cellphone into a large body of water.

Table of Contents

The Drought 1
On the Culture of Mate 2
Hen Eggs 3
Our Dog Dominic 6
Dear Santa Ana 8
The Malingerer 9
The Liberator 10
The Horseback Vet 11
Guias 12
I Was a Soldier 13
Tree Root 14
Transformations 16
Flora 17
The Tattler Thinking 19
My Re-edification 21
How September Begins for Jonathan 22
This Morning 23
Today, Yesterday, Waiting 25
The Day a Rabbit Fell Out of a Tree 26
Distant Trees 27
Glossary and References 28
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