Across the High Lonesome »

Mr Brumfield is a 6th generation Californian who has spent over 25 Years working as a wilderness guide and packer. He has one other published novel, "A Tourist in the Yucatan."

Across the High Lonesome is a modern western odyssey that invites the reader to hitch a ride through the glacial carved vales and over the high lonesome passes of California's -Range of Light.+ A journey of love, pain and adventure, brimming with unforgettable characters, salty humor, and recalcitrant mules. Brumfield has taken a lifetime of experience packing dudes into the mountains and distilled it into a delightful work of fiction.

Library Journal

Pretty Molly Mendoza didn't know what she was in for when she took a job with the Granite Creek Pack Station. What she got was a summer of hard work, adventure, and cowboy loving. Brumfield's (A Tourist in the Yucatan) second novel is a comedic cowboy tale of ornery mules and macho men that mostly hits below the belt, featuring such incidents as a cowboy being kicked in the testicles by a mule. It is more a modern Western in the picaresque style of Baxter Black (Hey, Cowgirl, Need a Ride?) than a mule-packing epic a la Willard Wyman's High Country, as the cover would lead you to believe. One cannot fault Brumfield, who has 25 years of experience as a wilderness guide and packer, for his technical knowledge of the packing business. But it seems like a full quarter of the story is hitches, folding tarps, and other such gear. Larry McMurtry liked this book-it says so on the back cover. This reviewer, however, didn't. Recommended for larger libraries with strong regional collections about the West.-Ken St. Andre, Phoenix P.L. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.