New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006. dj. Hardcover first edition - His first novel (preceded by short fiction, essays and a memoir) - one which "stretches over the 20th century, from the settlers, cowboys, and gamblers who opened up this country to the landholders and politicians who ran it. Rossie Benascos horseback existence begins when he's 15 and culminates in a thousand-mile drive of more than two hundred head of horses through the Rockies into Calgary, through Oregon, Idaho, and Montana, across virgin wilderness, failed homesteads, ghost towns, squatters' camps, and Indian settlements." 339 pp. ISBN: 1400040973.