01425cam a2200361 i 4500 166822214 TxAuBib 20140818120000.0 140226s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014004445 9780525953241 hardcover $28.95 0525953248 hardcover $28.95 TxAuBib rda McGarrity, Michael. Backlands : a novel of the American West / Michael McGarrity. Back lands. New York, New York : Dutton, [2014] 507 pages : map ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Kerney Family ; 2 Map on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references. Catapulted into early adulthood after the death of an older brother he idolized, eight-year-old Matthew Kerney assumes difficult responsibilities to save the family ranch against a backdrop of the Great Depression and a drought-stricken Tularosa Basin. 20140818. Ranch life New Mexico Fiction. Family life Fiction. Depressions 1929 New Mexico Fiction. New Mexico History 20th century Fiction. Western stories. Kerney Family ; 2.