The thirty-three pieces in this collection were chosen by Max Evans himself as his personal favorites from among his short novels, articles, short stories, essays, and other writings spanning his entire writing career. Some are critically acclaimed; others were chosen because they contain an idea, an emotion, a remembrance that helped shape his life. In each piece the voice is the same: down-to-earth and connected to both the land and the creatures who depend on it. Evans writes from the heart about his beloved American Southwest.