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Roping The Wind
A memoir of Southwestern ranch culture, Roping the Wind presents the personal reflections of Lyman Hafen, prominent Southern Utah writer and founding editor of St. George Magazine. In Roping the Wind, Hafen celebrates the land and cowboys he has known, but he does so by showing a gallery of real people – not romantic stereotypes. These are straight from life sketches, family stories, and reminiscences of his own youth. Between chapters, Hafen unfolds the humorous tale of Afton and William – an irascible cowman and greenhorn journalist – as they learn to appreciate each other.
160 pages, Paperback
Published May 1, 1995
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August 26, 2026
"Riding through youth in your father‘s dust will often set you on a trail toward a more refined life." While reading this book, I had an interaction with a happy young store clerk who apologized that my order hadn't come in yet. He invited me to “circle back around again.” I realized that he was speaking cowboy-ese. And suddenly, after reading this book, and hearing him talk, I had a great desire to watch a rodeo!
"The stories are catalogued in his mind fifty years deep."
"I remember how I longed to become part of the stories myself, to be remembered with the same reverence and respect as the old cowboys were."
"Tryin’ to make it in this cowboyin’ business ain’t no easier than roping the wind." Afton Lee (Somewhere down the Burnt Canyon).
St. George is the vortex of the Mojave Desert, the Great Basin, and the Colorado Plateau.
"The stories are catalogued in his mind fifty years deep."
"I remember how I longed to become part of the stories myself, to be remembered with the same reverence and respect as the old cowboys were."
"Tryin’ to make it in this cowboyin’ business ain’t no easier than roping the wind." Afton Lee (Somewhere down the Burnt Canyon).
St. George is the vortex of the Mojave Desert, the Great Basin, and the Colorado Plateau.
Displaying 1 of 1 review