From Kathryn Wilder (rancher, mustang advocate and author of Desert Chrome: Water, a Woman, and Wild Horses in the West) comes her second book, this one set in and around Disappointment Valley and Southwest Colorado: The Last Cows: On Ranching, Wonder, and a Woman’s Heart.
The book’s cover – above – has finally been finalized! Eagle-eyed readers of this blog will recognize Temple Butte and McKenna Peak beyond the chute (on Kat’s property) on the left side of the Disappointment Valley horizon. The rimrocks that form Spring Creek Basin’s western boundary can be seen, as well as Filly Peak, immediately to the right of the chute.
Kat herself took the image, and I championed both the photo AND its use as the cover of her new book. You might imagine how thrilled Kat is that the publisher (the University of Nebraska Press’ Bison Books) agreed that THIS image is THE best image to grace the cover of her book. 🙂
This one is about the challenges and wonders of family ranching with a heritage cattle breed called Criollo (not to be confused with the breed of hardy South American horses), which Kat often calls “the mustangs of cattle world” because of their ability to thrive in desert environments (aka, a lot of the American West).
Read more about The Last Cows on Kat’s website: KatWilderWriter. And look for your own copy in November!
Spring Creek Basin Mustangs 
Looks fascinating! Not available yet, but look forward to reading it!
I’m sure it will be as great a read as Desert Chrome! Kat is a wonderful, evocative writer. 🙂
Heart-felt congratulations to Kat, TJ! Good for her. And I love the title and cover photo too. So glad her second book has been published; best wishes to her for a multitude of sales!
Not quite yet published; look for it in November! I’m sure she’ll be doing local readings that you might be able to attend. 🙂
Will be published. 😁
🙂
Fantastic! I can’t wait to read it!!
Me, too! 🙂
Looks like a very interesting book!
It will be. Guaranteed. 🙂
Thank you TJ–for all your help, with the cover photo and all that’s between the covers!
The Last Cows can be preordered at https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/bison-books/9781496239167/the-last-cows/
or from your favorite indie bookstore :-).
Sorry I missed this! It went into my (WordPress) spam (?!), and I only randomly saw it now. I know at least one person who visited recently has pre-ordered it! 🙂
I had to look up the cow. Wow!
They’re pretty awesome little cows. 🙂