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It's 1963, a time in the United States when life was simple, straightforward and the lines between the sexes and sex roles were crisply drawn and severely delineated. Ennis Del Mar and Jack Twist find themselves thrown together when they are hired to tend sheep in the remote area of Brokeback Mountain, Wyoming. Because of the job, the two are forced to spend many hours together alone in the wild. Ennis and Jack are inexorably drawn to each other through...
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Set on The Shiloh Ranch in the Wyoming Territory in the 1890s, The Virginian is the story of the foreman of the ranch, known as The Virginian, and his quest to maintain an orderly lifestyle at Shiloh. The Virginian was set in the semi-mythical town of Medicine Bow, Wyoming in the 1890s and chronicled the lives and relationships of the people who came west and settled the wild land.
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A Grammy-winning lyricist and accomplished poet, Joe Henry turns his immense talent to the novel form in this moving debut. Spencer Davis and his wife Elizabeth have carved out a rewarding existence on the fierce plains of Wyoming, where they raise three sons alongside herds of cattle. But as their oldest son Luke comes of age and begins testing the boundaries of his independence, Spencer fears that their simple way of life may not be enough for Luke....