RaveThe PantagraphIn a way, The Last Cowboys is one of the most time-stretching books you’ll ever read. Half of it is written in eight-second timelines, as Branch describes the skill, technique, and problems with staying on a rarely-ridden horse long enough to win what could be six-figure payouts ...
As it should, the other side of this book moseys through 150 years of ranch life ... gives readers a chance to dwell in the lushness while reading, with sinking feeling, about its dwindling appeal to newer generations. In the end, the answers are as complicated as are the rules for bronc riding and grazing rights, and readers who cherish the Old West shouldn’t wait to read about this New one.
