A Phantom Herd

Nostalgic for a lost America? Was Chester from Gunsmoke your first crush? Visit the desert Southwest circa 1960 as refugees from Indiana and Ohio cope with cacti and tamales, and a family of kids lie and bluster their way through a frightening adult world. A gentle novel full of wonder and beauty. This is the first novel in a two-part series.A herd of phantom cattle stampedes into the fertile imagination of a young writer. She corrals stray stories and stampeding images until she realizes a rustling folklorist has wrested control of the most important memory, the Phantom Herd. Join her for adventures in the desert Southwest, and witness the mysterious rustling of her fantastic livestock from Rancho Supremo. Mashers, and an attempt to give John Wayne LSD, are saved for the second part of her narrative, circa 1970.