Hozoni

Hozoni, Navajo for Beautiful Peaceful Valley, is the setting for Joyce White's third book in her ranching series. She tells about returning to Arizona and living on another isolated cattle spread, a lifestyle she loves. She shares the joys and sorrows experienced on an old ranch with it's historic stage stop, which she researched. The author introduces favorite animal friends, including her husband's humorous saddle mule and a shy Catahoula puppy who chose her as a companion. She opens her recipe file to share foods cooked at home and on the range. She also recalls baking with her grandchildren in the cozy gingerbread-decorated kitchen. But sometimes peace is shattered in Peaceful Valley by rattlesnakes in the vegetable garden, deadly bull fights, her husband's frightening encounter with a rabid coyote, and a certain-death accident avoided by her son's skillful rescue of him from under a bucking horse. Yet, in spite of those times, the author loved the years when four generations lived on the Hozoni together. This is a family book-a feel-good book that will leave you contented and make you want to toss your bedroll in the wagon and ride along with the family and bunkhouse cowboys during those long-ago days. It's a ride and read you'll never forget...