Lonesome land
By: by B.M. Bower ; with illustrations by Stanley L. Wood ; introduction to the Bison books edition by Pam Houston.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Lincoln, Neb
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: Man-woman relationships -- Fiction; Ranch life -- Fiction; Cowboys -- Fiction; Montana -- Fiction
Description: Valeria had come to Montana to marry a cowboy named Manley, expecting a future full of companionship and bracing freedom, lodges with great fireplaces and bearskin rugs, manageable cattle and sleek horses, and dazzling sunrises. If Val had known what was really waiting for her, she simply wouldn't have gotten off the train.

Oh, the country was impressive, but it could be cruel in winter and lonesome for a woman stuck on a ranch miles from the nearest neighbor. Val is cast into circumstances that test her temper, strength, and sanity. Married to an alcoholic, she is forced to revise her back-East notions about men and women, duty, and the West itself. She goes from romanticization to "blind unreasoning terror of the empty land" to decisive action.
Notes: "Reprinted from the original 1912 edition by Little, Brown and Company, Boston"--T.p. verso.
"Bison books"--P. [i].