No Place Like Home: Notes from a Western Life

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no place like home Notes from a Western Life Linda M. Hasselstrom university of nevada press Reno & Las Vegas University of Nevada Press, Reno, Nevada 89557 usa Copyright © 2009 Linda M. Hasselstrom All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America library of congress cataloging-in-publication data Hasselstrom, Linda M. No place like home : notes from a Western life / Linda M. Hasselstrom. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. isbn 978-0-87417-796-1 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Hasselstrom, Linda M. 2. Women ranchers—South Dakota—Biography. 3. Ranch life—South Dakota. 4. South Dakota—Social life and customs. 5. South Dakota—Biography. 6. Cheyenne (Wyo.)—Biography. 7. Community life—West (U.S.)—Case studies. 8. Social change—West (U.S.)—Case studies. 9. Human ecology—West (U.S.)—Case studies. 10. West (U.S.)—Rural conditions—Case studies. I. Title. f656.4.h37a3 2009 978—dc22 2009015669 The paper used in this book is a recycled stock made from 30 percent postconsumer waste materials, certified by fsc, and meets the requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ansi/niso z39.48-1992 (r2002). Binding materials were selected for strength and durability. f i r s t e d i t i o n 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 5 4 3 2 1 For Jerry m y s u n r i s e , m y s u n s e t ...