Fifty Miles from Home: Riding the Long Circle on a Nevada Family Ranch

By Carolyn Dufurrena

Book Overview

For more than a decade, photographer Linda Dufurrena has recorded with powerful eloquence the rugged, beautiful landscape of northern Nevada and the patterns of life on the Dufurrena family ranch in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874174430
• ISBN13: 9780874174434
• Release Date: November 2001
• Publisher: University of Nevada Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.6" x 10.2"

Customer Reviews

Great Photography

I bought this for a friend who lives in France so they could see what the West looks like. The photography is wonderful

Highly Recommended

This is a wonderful book. The pictures of the Nevada landscape, from a very talented photographer who sees light in a magical way, are exceptionally beautiful. Particularly touching are the photographs of the authors' family and other workers at their ranch; one could wish that more of these very personal shots had been included.The text is a perfect match for the photographs, conveying the flavor of life on the ranch and the exceptionally close family ties that develop when three generations work together with a common purpose. The reader is left hoping that this very exceptional environment and life style can be maintained in the generations to come; however there is a poignant description of the forces working against this outcome.This Nevada ranch is a unique spot: the book makes an excellent gift for anyone (particularly western fans) who may not have the opportunity to visit the area in person. Highly recommended.