University of New Mexico Press
The Hi Lo Country, 60th Anniversary Edition
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9780826362537
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9780826362537
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The Hi Lo Country, 60th Anniversary Edition
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At its heart, The Hi Lo Country is the story of the friendship between two men, their mutual love of a woman, and their allegiance to the harsh, dry, achingly beautiful New Mexico high-desert grassland. The story is told by Pete, a young ranch hand, whose best friend is Big Boy Matson. Together they drink, gamble, fight, work, and rodeo. They both fall hard for a married woman--the attractive, bored, and dangerous Mona. When it was first published in 1961, the novel was both a celebration and an elegy. It captured something jagged and authentic in the West, and it caught the attention of Hollywood--notably Sam Peckinpah, who spent twenty years trying to make a movie of this multilayered and plainspoken novel. It would take another twenty years for Martin Scorcese and Stephen Frears to finally do it. Now in a special 60th anniversary edition, The Hi Lo Country continues to tell a quintessential story of the people and the land found in the American West.
| Author: Max Evans, Johnny D. Boggs |
| Publisher: University of New Mexico Press |
| Publication Date: April 15, 2021 |
| Number of Pages: 176 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 0826362532 |
| ISBN-13: 9780826362537 |
