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Sand (Tumbleweed)

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There's a big distance between an alcoholic dandy from the city, with too much money and too little ambition, and a cowboy that's a good hand on a ranch. But that is the journey that Bert Tilden, nicknamed the Corpse by his decadent city friends, decides to attempt.

Accidentally lost on the prairie, Tilden stumbles into a cowboy camp. The skills and values that he finds there awaken him to a whole new world. Tales of a beautiful and uncatchable wild black stallion raise the determination in his mind and heart to be the one to capture the legendary horse.

This is the story of one man's internal odyssey, and of his quest for a horse - and love. But the journey turns out to be far more important than the goal.

Of course, the story is told in Will James' inimitable Western prairie jargon, giving it the ring of the wide open spaces. You can almost smell the sagebrush. Wonderful.

Sand is the story of a greenhorn cowboy and a black stallion. The greenhorn devotes his life to capturing the stallion by building wild horse traps, while winning a young lady's heart. Another one of Will James' amazing stories full of sketches that will "jump straight out at you"

I loved this story when I was in my early teens: I must have read the book four or five times. This is the story of a greenhorn from the East who, against all odds, becomes a working cowboy. Not only that, he decides that he, and he alone, will capture the wild black stallion that others have failed to make their own. James depicts the Western setting with details that bring the world to life. He knows cowboys and he knows horses, and that shows. This is a great book to read if you want to experience that world.