{"product_id":"9781466926066","title":"Coyotes Always Howl at Midnight: Tales of a '70s Rancher's Wife","description":"Expecting high adventure, a widow naively moves to Colorado and marries a widower, owner of Poco Reino, a small ranch in the mountain-clad San Luis Valley. Both have young children: she, a 13-year-old son; he, a 6-year-old son and an 8-year-old daughter.   \u003cp\u003e From day one -- with no prior experience -- the author turns into a stepmother and ranch hand. The results: often disastrous, other times quite funny. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e Close encounters with animals she's only seen or driven by before leave her screaming in terror, or feigning bravery beyond the call of duty. \"Me, touch a chicken?\" \"There's a snake on my windshield!\" \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e The livestock sale barn, learning to ride a horse, raising a brood of 65 fancy-breed chickens provide surprising awakenings. And she never expected to be tramping in the mountains with a husband who is first, a biologist, and second (she discovers), a part-time rancher. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e The children share the adventure. Their fun, and not-so-much fun, activities are described thoughout. \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"Women are still pioneering -- and still venturing West.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trafford Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175505969392,"sku":"9781466926066","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466926066_p0.jpg?v=1763688348","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466926066","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}