Joan Sisson: 4 books

Dan thinks he wants to be a rancher; his father wants him to enroll in a university. He has been granted a years stay at his godparents Wyoming ranch to learn what ranching involves. He came to stay with them in early summer. Now he must go thru a winter in the high country, a test even for those...

Spending two weeks at a dude ranch is a dream-come-true for Karen, 17. She delights being at Credenda Ranch, and the reader will enjoy all the details of her stay. What makes the story intriguing is the legend that surrounds this ranch, the Tale of Echo Valley. Every evening the first week, old Hank...

This is Karens second summer at Credenda Ranch in the Rocky Mountains. Last year she was a guest for two weeks; this year shes there all summer as a hired hand. She met Craig, the young ranch hand last year, too. Karen thinks she is somewhat prepared for the work there, having studied topics that...

As the 20th century approached the 1990s, Dad mentioned that if he could live that long he would have lived in each decade of the century. He often commented on the vast changes hed seen as they developed. He marveled at the first cars he saw about 1913. He experienced the progress of plowing, from...