01652cam a2200361 i 4500 371382654 TxAuBib 20190101120000.0 140226s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2014004445 9780525953241 0525953248 TxAuBib rda McGarrity, Michael. Backlands : a novel of the American West / Michael McGarrity. New York, New York : Dutton, [2014] 2014. 507 pages : map ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Map on lining papers. Includes bibliographical references. Backlands continues the story of Patrick Kerney; his ex-wife, Emma; and their young son, Matthew, shortly after the tragic battlefield death of their eldest son, CJ, at the end of World War I. Scarred by the loss of an older brother he idolized, estranged from a father he barely knows, and deeply troubled by the failing health of a mother he adores, eight-year-old Matthew is suddenly and irrevocably forced to set aside his childhood and take on responsibilities far beyond his years. 20190101. Ranch life New Mexico Fiction. Families New Mexico Fiction. Depressions 1929 New Mexico Fiction. New Mexico History 20th century Fiction. Western stories. Historical fiction. JARLL