Individual: A DEBT OWED and THE
SUM OF MUCH - contemporary
Heroes appear unexpectedly - A DEBT OWED chronicles the efforts of a rebel to preserve a band of starving wild mares. Del Winter owns a canyon and a cabin where he lived briefly with two brothers and their grandfather. Del's efforts to save the mares draw him into old conflicts; with a horse-hunter, Park Service employees, and a brother who wants what he can't have. A young woman from a local environmental group surprises herself and Del by becoming involved in his efforts to save the mares.
With a small group of friends, Del battles the politics and old enemies as he tries to reclaim the wild horses.
Heroes appear unexpectedly - A DEBT OWED chronicles the efforts of a rebel to preserve a band of starving wild mares. Del Winter owns a canyon and a cabin where he lived briefly with two brothers and their grandfather. Del's efforts to save the mares draw him into old conflicts; with a horse-hunter, Park Service employees, and a brother who wants what he can't have. A young woman from a local environmental group surprises herself and Del by becoming involved in his efforts to save the mares.
With a small group of friends, Del battles the politics and old enemies as he tries to reclaim the wild horses.
THE SUM OF MUCH details a
different war as a returning
soldier's family name isolates
him. Harlan Ora Judkins wishes
to disappear; instead he
attends a local college and
works for old friends. Uncertain
and inarticulate, Ora finds his
voice when local officials
decide to drain what they see
as an unimportant swamp to
create a 'gentrified' tourist
park.
These stories are unique in situations and details even as they share the struggle of one person standing up to outside pressure which, in their eyes, damages the world. They are indeed heroes and they appear in our lives most often without acknowledgement or thanks.
These stories are unique in situations and details even as they share the struggle of one person standing up to outside pressure which, in their eyes, damages the world. They are indeed heroes and they appear in our lives most often without acknowledgement or thanks.