Land Rush

Stories from the Great Plains

Fiction & Literature
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Author: Gary Reiswig ISBN: 9781480809208
Publisher: Archway Publishing Publication: July 30, 2014
Imprint: Archway Publishing Language: English
Author: Gary Reiswig
ISBN: 9781480809208
Publisher: Archway Publishing
Publication: July 30, 2014
Imprint: Archway Publishing
Language: English

On the Great Plains, boys nearing manhood have to grow up tough even if their hearts are tender. In this collection of stories based on true events from his boyhood, Gary Reiswig leads others back to the time when the last homesteaderslike his own familyarrived in the Oklahoma Panhandle to claim their pot of gold in the great land rush, the last westward thrust of Manifest Destiny.

A farm boy learns to drive a tractor when hes nine, castrate and dehorn calves at twelve. After his father points out old trails, the boy realizes that Native Americans hunted buffalo on the very land his family owns and has fenced, where they now pasture their cattle. 2 A strong-headed boy attends a box supper with his parents, and unwittingly helps a tobacco-chewing neighbor, despised by his mother, recognize her box so he can buy it. 2 A boy, small for his age, discovers unexpected danger when he visits the Grand Canyon and hikes the Bright Angel Trail. 2 A beloved uncle heads to Korea to fight in the war leaving his nephew to care for his two-door hardtop. No one has any idea how drastically this separation will alter their relationship.

The stories in Land Rush provide an unforgettable glimpse into the time and place where only the strongest survived and a handshake sealed the deal.

Gary Reiswigs strong, unsentimental voice carries us to a timethe fiftiesand a placethe Oklahoma Panhandlethat is at once exotic and home with its hard, wounded, beautifully evoked mothers, fathers, and sons trying to survive one anothers love.

Robert Lipsyte, author of The Accidental Sportswriter and The Contender

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On the Great Plains, boys nearing manhood have to grow up tough even if their hearts are tender. In this collection of stories based on true events from his boyhood, Gary Reiswig leads others back to the time when the last homesteaderslike his own familyarrived in the Oklahoma Panhandle to claim their pot of gold in the great land rush, the last westward thrust of Manifest Destiny.

A farm boy learns to drive a tractor when hes nine, castrate and dehorn calves at twelve. After his father points out old trails, the boy realizes that Native Americans hunted buffalo on the very land his family owns and has fenced, where they now pasture their cattle. 2 A strong-headed boy attends a box supper with his parents, and unwittingly helps a tobacco-chewing neighbor, despised by his mother, recognize her box so he can buy it. 2 A boy, small for his age, discovers unexpected danger when he visits the Grand Canyon and hikes the Bright Angel Trail. 2 A beloved uncle heads to Korea to fight in the war leaving his nephew to care for his two-door hardtop. No one has any idea how drastically this separation will alter their relationship.

The stories in Land Rush provide an unforgettable glimpse into the time and place where only the strongest survived and a handshake sealed the deal.

Gary Reiswigs strong, unsentimental voice carries us to a timethe fiftiesand a placethe Oklahoma Panhandlethat is at once exotic and home with its hard, wounded, beautifully evoked mothers, fathers, and sons trying to survive one anothers love.

Robert Lipsyte, author of The Accidental Sportswriter and The Contender

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