JANE R. reviewed High, Wide and Lonesome: Growing Up on the Colorado Frontier on + 51 more book reviews
IN 1910, WHEN HAL BORLAND WAS NICE YEARS OLD, HIS AMILY SET UP A HOMESTEAD ON ONE OF THE LAST AMERICAN FRONTIERS-THE VAST, GRASSY PLAINS OF EASTERN COLORADO. THIS IS A MEMOIR OF THAT EXPERIENCE. A VIVID REMEMBERANCE OF AN UNUSUAL BOYHOOD AND A UNIQUE PIECE OF AMERICANA.