THE LAND
Robert K. Swisher, Jr.
DEDICATION
For Boots, living ghosts, and arrow heads … only the coyoteand the crow know for sure …
© 1987 by Robert K. Swisher, Jr. All rights reserved.
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Swisher, Robert K., 1947–
The land.
I. Title.
PS3569. W574L3 1986 813’.54 86-22966
ISBN: 0-86534-095-1
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CONTENTS
9. Man of Many Women and Jagged Knife
1. The Rich and the Poor — 1835 A.D
AUTHOR’S NOTE
There is a parcel of land in New Mexico that in our day and age is called a ranch. The man who owns this ranch
