One Man's West Author:David Sievert Lavender When Lavender was growing up in Colorado in the 1930s, something unique in the nation's experience was ending. Great ranches were breaking up, miners were forced onto the dole, a whole way of life came grinding to a halt. Though few of us knew it, pioneers were passing into history. — "His story is realistic and readable...he puts on rec... more »ord some of the most engaging characters in the modern literature of the West." (The New York Times)« less