Miles from Nowhere: Tales from America's Contemporary Frontier

by Dayton Duncan

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Maginificent travelogue. A wonderful celebration of the people and lives of the American West. Where you can still find homesteaders and pioneers if you look hard enough. Duncan's eminently personal style celebrates the nobility in every life. (

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