{"product_id":"sketches-from-the-ranch-a-montana-memoir-paperback","title":"Sketches from the Ranch: A Montana Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDan Aadland\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSuzanne Hart\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eDan Aadland\u003c\/b\u003e (Preface by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1892 a stocky Danish immigrant named Magnus Jensen rode into south-central Montana. He liked what he saw and staked his future on the ranch he would carve out there. Today, Dan Aadland and his wife, Emily, live on the ranch built by Jensen, Emily's grandfather. More than a century has passed, but the nature of ranching in Montana is little changed. Sensitive to the timelessness of the land, author Aadland approaches his ranching life as Thoreau approached life at Walden Pond. In \u003ci\u003eSketches from the Ranch\u003c\/i\u003e, Aadland brings ranching to life within the framework of one recent year. In simple but moving prose, he evokes the harsh beauty of the West, writing with as much elegance about breaking a colt as he does about the inner lives of cattle, the way his pickup handles in the snow, or how the relationship between a man and his horse often defines a good day on the ranch. Beautifully illustrated and lovingly told, \u003ci\u003eSketches from the Ranch\u003c\/i\u003e bears poetic witness to the myth and reality that are the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDan Aadland is a former teacher who ranches and breeds horses near Absarokee, Montana. He is the author of seven books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Best of All Seasons: Fifty Years as a Montana Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska 2007) and \u003ci\u003eThe Complete Trail Horse: Selecting, Training, and Enjoying Your Horse in the Backcountry\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47979349606648,"sku":"9780803216365","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/ll0TNyP07A9780803216365.webp?v=1783106633","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/sketches-from-the-ranch-a-montana-memoir-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}