Will and Deni McIntyre, with an introduction by ranch managers Lissa Howe, Justin Howe, and Mark Dunning
Price: $65.00, 144 pages, Hardcover.
From the Jacket Cover
How, in this day and age in the United States, do you run a successful guest ranch, manage thousands of acres of land for livestock and wildlife, and raise top quality beef cattle?This is the story of three Western ranches, two in southern Wyoming and in northern Colorado. They have been owned since the 1960s by the extended family of Charles C. Gates Sr. One is a guest ranch; the other two are working cattle operations. All three confront a daily challenge to survive and thrive.
Will and Deni McIntyre have photographed at the A Bar A guest ranch almost every year since 2002. For this project they brought in their scope to include the Big Creek and State Line Ranches as well, recording a year in the life of all three spreads.
“For the text, we had access to wonderful archives both private and public,” Deni McIntyre says. “They held documents going back to when these ranches were homesteaded. I selected excerpts that helped tell the story, and they became the background of the book.”
Life on a ranch can be lonely, hard, breathtakingly beautiful, often ironic, and sometimes downright hilarious. Welcome to one family’s three ranches.
Book Reviews
Three Ranches won a gold award from the Independent Publishers Association, for best regional non-fiction.
The Western ranch is an American icon that few people experience first-hand. In Three Ranches, Will and Deni McIntyre present an intimate, well-researched, visual story that includes historic photographs and excerpts from the personal memoirs of people who have called these ranches home.
The McIntyres bring their sense of humor, friendship, and personal appreciation of these ranches to this wonderful book. If you only buy one photo book about ranching in the West, this should be it.
Featured in the December 2012 issue of Shutterbug magazine. (PDF link)
Book Details
- Hardcover: 144 pages with index
- Publisher: Loose Ends Press; First Edition (November, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-0-9679506-4-8
- Product Dimensions: 12 x 12 inches
- Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
More About the Authors
Visit Will and Deni Media, Inc. at www.macfoto.com. All images in Three Ranches are also available as custom-order prints through Will and Deni McIntyre.
