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...Utah to the building of the first transcontinental railroad. As usual, Burns and Ives use personal stories to humanize large events. We learn, for example, about Charles Goodnight, the Texas rancher who returned from the Civil War, found that cattle prices had plummeted and decided to take his herd north to look for buyers--thus helping launch the era of the great cattle drives. The story of the California gold rush is framed by the diary and letters of William Swain, who left his wife and family in western New York State, endured a grueling overland journey to California...
...South Dakota pasture. They bless themselves with sage smoke and thank the spirit of the buffalo that is about to give up its life. A few bison look up from their grazing as a pickup truck churns slowly across the field. Then the crack of a rifle scatters the herd: Rocky Afraid-of-Hawk drops a yearling bull with one clean shot. The teenage warriors, dressed in Fila sneakers and No Fear sweatshirts, scramble in for a closer look as the older men skin the carcass. Later the meat will be hung to dry at the traveling teepee village that...
...internal conflict ended quickly: I got called on day one. It was a criminal case, so nearly 40 of us were sent up as a herd. Sixteen jurors were called by their full names and seated in the jury box and the rest of us were seated in the back of the room. The judge began interrogating the various jurors, asking them questions I could not believe I was hearing. "Where do you live?" came first--and let me assure you that vague answers such as "the Upper East Side" (which I later tried) were not what...
Down below, on the barrier beach known as Fire Island, a 15-minute ferry ride from Long Island, Don and Judy Hester were at dinner. A friend had dropped by to tell them of a rare sight: a herd of white-tailed deer had gathered to forage nearby. Groups of two or three deer are common on Fire Island but a whole herd is unusual to see--even for the Hesters, who have lived there for 30 years. Taking their corn on the cob with them, the Hesters strolled up the the boardwalk leading over the sand dunes in front...
...people in the area, 1,100 are pensioners. Forty percent of the working-age residents do not have jobs. The village's main employer, a logging combine, went bankrupt last year; the other source of work, the state farm, may well slaughter the rest of its herd this winter...