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The Last Cowboys

By: John Branch
Narrated by: John Pruden
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A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter's gripping portrait of one western family struggling to hold on to age-old American ways.

New York Times reporter and best-selling author John Branch takes listeners to the magnificent red soil and rocky arroyos of southern Utah, where the Wright family of Smith Mesa have for generations raised cattle and world-champion saddle-bronc riders - some call them the most successful rodeo family in history.

Filled with vivid scenes of cattle ranching and the high drama of rodeo, The Last Cowboys follows three generations of Wrights through the seasons as they are battered by drought, the falling price of beef, battles over land-use and federal regulation, and rodeo's ever-present risks of serious injury.

This is an epic but intimate story of real-life cowboys squeezed by social change in the 21st century, their soiled boots planted firmly in the past while they optimistically build a future.

©2018 John Branch (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Cultural & Regional Sociology Sports Animal Sports Cowboy

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This book tells a great story about the changing culture of the US west and the story of a good family. Enjoy.

Excellent book

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Great overview of cowboy life, gave me background I was looking for prior to trip to rodeo and ranch in Wyoming. Highly recommended.

Wonderful window into lives of contemporary cowboy

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Highly recommend this book. It is one of my favorite audible books the last couple of years

Super entertaining book

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I have watched these cowboys perform and I had wondered about their exceptional family. This was a quick, easy read that holds your attention.

Wonderfully honest family story

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This was a fascinating page turner with an excellent narration. The author did a great job of mixing in the family history, and ranching business, with the competitive rodeo aspect that is an integral part of the story. Well done.

Really good

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Very informative and enjoyable record of a family and profession. Being from Utah I know the area and wildness of the area. Enjoy this book and stay home. There are to many people trying to visit the high desert,so listen to the book and imagine it from the movies you have seen. If you want to preserve the west leave it to the cows and ranchers. And stay off it with your gear from REI. It is the outdoor groups that are polluting the west with overcrowding.

Enogh of my soap box.
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Cowboy up

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Great book with lots of interesting information. Help me to understand the American West and what it's going through now internal with globalization modernization and the push for the environment.

amazing story that gives depth to modern cowboy

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So good. Don’t miss this story of family, strength, kindness and rodeoing! Enjoyed and highly recommend.

Don’t miss this true story

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A deep dive into the legacy of farming cross referenced with a back stage pass to all things rodeo. Insightful, entertaining, and non-fiction. Felt like I was reading about rock stars and touring. The Last Cowboy is indeed all that.

Beats any 8-second ride

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I loved this book, I listen to it very quickly because I loved it so much. My little brother and his boys also rodeo, and they know some of the Wright family, so this was really fun for me to listen to.

The only mistake I noticed was that he thinks Luke chapter 2 is in the Book of Mormon and it is not, Luke chapter 2 is in the Bible it’s in the New Testament.

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