One Man's West

by David Lavender
Category: "Autobiographies, Memoirs and Biographies"
Pages:322
Year of Publication:1956
Date Added:02/23/2021
Date Read:02/06/2026
Notes:Armed Services Edition

Lavender's memories of southwest Colorado in the 1930's. He writes about mining, the beginnings of mountain climbing in the region, cattle ranching, sheep ranching, and, in a chapter added later, uranium mining during and after WWII.
My Rating: 6

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Review - One Man's West

Easy to read, although the chapters on cattle ranching went on too long. It began to feel redundant as Lavender related the work involved in moving the cattle around from summer to winter ranges, to market, to ... everywhere in the West, apparently.

Reviewed by Roger on 2026-02-06 15:33:22

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