Galvin was raised and still lives for part of each year in Tie Siding, Wyoming.

'A passionate hundred-year history of a small mountain ranch on the Colorado-Wyoming border. Highly recommended.'- Tim Markus, Evergreen State College Library, Olympia, Washington, Library Journal Rarely has an author captured life in the American West with such poignancy. Equally fascinating are the portraits of the few who inhabit this landscape of rugged individualists and family ranches. Galvin, author of three books of poetry, knows the landscape intimately and conveys an unforgettable sense of the beauty and isolation of the area. 'This wonderful collection of vignettes and short sketches centers on a high country meadow located in the Neversummer Mountains along the Colorado/Wyoming border. I can't recommend it too highly.'- Jim Harrison 'A unique and extraordinary book, a mixture of novel and natural history wherein Galvin reinvents the form, the true mark of a genuine artist. It is a beautiful book.'- Marilynne Robinson Its language reenacts the discipline through which wilderness refines consciousness. ' The Meadow ponders the attentive quiet at the center of a Western life, the human side of a conversation with place. 'The intensity of Galvin's passion for the land and its human caretakers makes this a masterpiece of insight into the stewardship of mountain-hardened souls.'- Sandy Primm, St. This is the people we were and the land we once had.'- James Salter 'The absolute beauty and shine of this book-straightforward and stunning. This careful, honest, and passionate exploration gives The Meadow its power and beauty.'- Harry Middleton, The New York Times Book Review 'Gifted poet Galvin blends fiction and fact into a haunting story. The Meadow is one of the best books ever written about the American West.'- William Kittredge

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