In The History of Naming Cows Mitch Spray reveals with a startling depth of vision-- life and death on a prairie farm. Through stories of family and perseverance the land is shown to be intimate and unforgiving teacher. In his evocative poems we are allowed to drink in the strong coffee of the earth, and taste the gritty bond between the stockman and his cattle, where nothing is earned without sweat and the sharp taste of blood.
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