Hard to Have Heroes

by Buddy Mays

Book Overview

When fourteen-year-old wannabe cowboy Noah Odell and his widowed mother leave rainy Gold Hill, Oregon, to join Noah's flamboyant uncle Bud on a ranch in New Mexico, they find themselves in the middle of nowhere with daily temperatures in excess of 100 degrees; enough rattlesnakes, buzzards, and hungry coyotes to start a zoo; a dozen scrawny steers; and a smelly outdoor toilet overrun with black widow spiders. When Bud presents Noah with a cantankerous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826352049
• ISBN13: 9780826352040
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"