The Lonesome Plains

"The Lonesome Plains is never flashy, but it's a powerful book that quietly and slowly penetrates deeply into the reader's soul and brings vividly to life a bit of American history that isn't so long gone." **x2014;Washington Times"This volume constitutes a landmark study, the reading of which is essential for any historical understanding of panhandle Texas."**x2014;Choice"In allowing these early pioneers to tell their own story, Fairchild places them at the center of the settlement drama, and portrays them as people engaged in a desperate, lonely struggle who ultimately endured."**x2014;Southwestern Historical Quarterly.