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The Last Ranch: A Novel of the New American West
Written by Michael McGarrity
Narrated by George Guidall
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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The grand saga of an American ranching family continues in The Last Ranch, the final, mesmerizing book of New York Times bestseller Michael McGarrity's gripping and richly authentic American West trilogy. When Matthew Kerney returns to his ranch in the beautiful San Andres Mountains after serving in Sicily during World War II, he must not only fight to recover physically and emotionally from a devastating war injury, but he must also battle attempts by the U.S. Army to seize control of his land for expanded weapons testing. Forced off public grazing lands, banned from gathering his cattle on high mountain pastures, and confronted by military police guarding a high security army post on the northern reaches of the range, Matt finds himself at the center of a heavy-handed government land-grab. The reasons behind this surge of secrecy and control become clear when Matt witnesses the boiling, blinding explosion of the first atom bomb at Trinity Site. As he struggles with an aging, stove-up father no longer able to carry a heavy load at the ranch, an ex-convict intent on killing him, and a failing relationship with a woman he dearly loves, Matt must draw upon all his mental and physical resources to keep his world-and the people in it-from collapsing. Following the New York Times bestselling Hard Country and its sequel Backlands, The Last Ranch enthralls with the deeply rich, sometimes heartbreaking Kerney family saga as it steps brilliantly into the mid-twentieth-century world of the new American West.
Author
Michael McGarrity
Michael McGarrity is the author of the Kevin Kerney mystery novels including Tularosa, nominated for an Anthony Award; Mexican Hat; and Serpent Gate. A former Santa Fe County deputy sheriff, he also served as an instructor at the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy and as an investigator for the New Mexico Public Defender’s Office. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Reviews for The Last Ranch
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A very good third book in this epic series. Interesting to see the changing culture in New Mexico as the decades advance into the 60's. And yet, still, so far removed from the rest of the country.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I was excited to finally read this final book of the Kerney family saga. As in the previous volumes I found the tales of southwest ranching, family loves and hardships believable and totally engaging. The books are wonderful in giving the reader a feel for the old west and the slow march toward modernity. They call it progress but these books wonderfully portray the character of the land and people that has faded into memory. As Americans we feel pride of those who lived in harmony with these wild places. I couldn't help but think of the wonderful image of a young Sandra Day O'Conner on a pony on her family's southwestern ranch.
Thinking of other western sagas and series - Ivan Doig, Wallace Stegner and others, this trilogy ranks with the best.