Gifted poet James Galvin blends fiction and fact into a haunting story.
This careful, honest, and passionate exploration gives The Meadow its power and
beauty.New York Times Book Review

Galvinknows the landscape intimately and conveys an unforgettable sense of the beauty
and isolation of the area.Rarely has an author captured life in the American West with such
poignancy. Highly recommended. Library Journal

Close-ups of seldom-seen bedrock people of the American West, adroitly drawn and deeply felt.
Kirkus Reviews

This fine piece of regional writing will recall the land and people of the American West to anyone
who has been there and introduce them to those who have not. School Library Journal

Readers of Richard Ford, Jim Harrison, and Rick Bass will feel at home in Galvins country.
Publishers Weekly

Through short vignettes that read like a novel, James Galvin depicts the hundred-year history of a
meadow in the arid mountains of the Colorado-Wyoming border. Galvin describes the seasons, the
weather, the wildlife, but most of all he reveals deeply personal portraits of the few people who live
there and who do not so much possess but are themselves possessed by the terrain.

For Lyle, Ray, Clara, and App, the struggle to survive on an independent family ranch is a series of
blameless failures and unacclaimed successes that illuminate the Western character. The Meadow
evolves a sense of place that can be achieved only by someone who knows it intimately.

Patrick Lawlor, an AudioFile Earphones Award winner and Audie Award finalist, is also an accomplished stage actor, director, and combat choreographer who has worked in America and Europe. He has been an actor and stuntman in both TV and film. He lives in Milwaukee.