Life in the Saddle Selected and Edited by Gretel Ehrlich
10 x 10 1/2, 100 Pages, Paperback. Ages 10 and up
Beautiful full color photographs
Life in the Saddle is a spirited and robust collection about life on the open
ranges of the American West. Editor Gretel Ehrlich—essayist, naturalist, rancher, and horsewoman—has assembled ten essays by America’s foremost western writers, to reveal unforgettable panoramas and entertaining
close-ups of a rugged land and the people who meet it on its own terms. From
Point to Drag, excerpts from Wilderness Ranch by Dayton O. Hyde. In a sliver
from his delightful memoir on ranching life, Wilderness Ranch, Hyde celebrates
the cowboy life in which it was not necessary to talk—one simply knew where to be and when, and never stirred up the herd. The subject
of this essay is the twice a year, 4 day cattle drive in Oregon.
Life in the Saddle, Ed.-Gretel Ehrlich essay by Dayton O. Hyde, $23 shipping included. Available on line Proceeds from purchase of this books go to support the wild horse herds.