High, Wide and Lonesome

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Summary: Excellent book
Review: This book is a pleasure to read. Borland has brought the homestead to me as no one has before. Seen through the eyes of a young boy. We discover the end of the wild west as he does. It is refreshing to hear about the challenges of a new homesteader and how they perservered. In fact, this book does a great job of showing what is right with America. How "do-it-yourselfers" are the real reason that this great country is what is today. I'd recommend this book for all ages, all people.

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Summary: What a shame this book is not more widely read
Review: This would be a tremendous read for 7th grade suburbanites who think life is tough when their mom's SUV is in the shop, and they have to walk a quarter mile to soccer practice.Being in my 40's I very much enjoyed this simple story of boy and his mother and father who settle into hostile Kansas-Colorado border area, and homestead there. Through sicknesses and storms the family endures, and through the everyday stresses, one senses the building of a higher spiritual order built on family responsibility. The book presents many details of plains life and risks that have been forgotten. After reading this, one is reminded of just how much more can be accomplished through resolve and love.