Badluck Way: A Year on the Ragged Edge of the West (28 page)
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Authors: Bryce Andrews
I am grateful to the people who worked with me on and around the Sun Ranch, especially those who do not appear by name in these pages. I never meant to leave them out, only to distill life’s chaos into a story that a stranger could read and understand. To Todd Graham, Vickie Backus, and others: the Sun belongs as much to you as it does to me or anyone else. The work you did there was essential and worthy. Thank you for all you taught me, and for your kindness.
The above people, and all the others unmentioned, have my deep and sincere gratitude. Without their gifts and efforts I would be laboring in vain, lonesome and haunted by certain indelible memories of the ranch, the cattle, and the wolves. I would have no book, half a book, or a book that falls short of its potential. These pages are not mine but ours.
BRYCE ANDREWS
was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. He studied at Whitman College and the University of Montana, and has managed several cattle ranches in the West. He lives in Montana. This is his first book.
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Designed by Paul Dippolito
Map by Kendra McKlosky
Photographs by Bryce Andrews
Jacket design by John Vairo Jr.
Jacket photograph of ranchland © Caravan Images / Getty Images
Author photograph by Bob Howell on B Bar Ranch
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Andrews, Bryce.
Badluck Way : a year on the ragged edge of the West / Bryce Andrews.—First Atria Books hardcover edition.
pages cm
1. Andrews, Bryce. 2. Wolves—Montana. 3. Human-wolf encounters—Montana. 4. Ranch life—Montana. 5. Ranchers—Montana—Biography. 6. Montana—Biography. 7. Montana—Description and travel. 8. Lee Metcalf Wilderness (Mont.)—Description and travel. 9. Madison River Valley (Wyo. and Mont.)—Description and travel. I. Title.
F735.2.A53A3 2013
978.6—dc23
2013011635
ISBN 978-1-4767-1083-9
ISBN 978-1-4767-1085-3 (ebook)
