The Hi Lo Country, 60th Anniversary Edition
$59.29
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
15 April 2021
Summary
At its heart, The Hi Lo Country is the story of the friendship between two men, their mutual love of a woman, and their allegiance to the harsh, dry, achingly beautiful New Mexico high-desert grassland. The story is told by Pete, a young ranch hand, whose best friend is Big Boy Matson. Together they drink, gamble, fight, work, and rodeo. They both fall hard for a married woman–the attractive, bored, and dangerous Mona.
When it was first published in 1961, the novel was both a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780826362537 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0826362532 |
| Author: | Max Evans, Johnny D. Boggs |
| Publisher: | University of New Mexico Press |
| Imprint: | University of New Mexico Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 15 April 2021 |
| Weight: | 235g |
| Dimensions: | 213mm x 195mm x 12mm |
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Critics Review
“Unreservedly and enthusiastically recommended for community, college, and university library Western fiction collections.”–Midwest Book Review
It’s this generational snapshot of young men who returned from war, scarred and complex and to a rapidly industrializing rural West, that forms The Hi Lo Country’s dark, intriguing heart. The rest of the novel’s gravy is in its careful attention to the highs and lows of the land, a lovingly drawn portrait that explains the hold this capricious country has over its cowboys.–Molly Boyle, Santa Fe Reporter
About The Author
Max Evans
Max Evans was the author of over thirty works of fiction and nonfiction, including The Rounders and The King of Taos: A Novel. He was the recipient of the Spur, Wrangler, and Owen Wister awards, and the subject of the biography Ol’ Max Evans: The First Thousand Years and a documentary film of the same title. Evans made his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for over fifty years.
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