Billy "Pistol" Catlett had the world by the tail. Summertimes he rode the range, learning the tricks of cowpunching and kicking up his heels. Work, adventure, that first love - it was a time of contentment and discovery. Then came the Great Depression, shattering his world and ending the "Sunup" section of this novel.
In part two, "Sundown," we get the grittiness of the Depression - ranches ruined, land blowing away and men drifting like tumbleweed, desperation and despair. The Catlett family is stricken, the sons alienated from their father. But Billy Catlett learns how to face life, "looking the whole naked business square in the eye."
Billy "Pistol" Catlett had the world by the tail. Summertimes he rode the range, learning the tricks of cowpunching and kicking up his heels. Work, adventure, that first love - it…
