Bar Nothing Ranch

by Rosemary Taylor

This is a new release of the original 1947 edition.

248 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1947

Reviews

[Phillip · Rating 3 out of 5]

Within the covers of this book is a cavalcade of anecdotes from the annals of the 76 Dude Ranch in Arizona. Here are collected tales of the interactions between ranchers and guests as they work and live side by side in the mid-twentieth century

Rosemary Taylor displays a deft hand at telling a tale and finding the humor in human relationships. The book has no pretensions towards dramatic flow. The reader might well imagine themselves sitting around a desert campfire participating in a friendly session of yarn swapping, which is by no means an unpleasant diversion.

[Bernice · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was my second reading, the first was in 1947. The content is not as risque as the title suggests. It is a fictionalized narrative of guests at the 76 Ranch in Bonita, Arizona written by a native Tucsonian. Of particular interest is a character in Chapter 17, who is loosely based on my husband who was a bachelor guest at the ranch during the summer of 1945.

[Pamela]

This summer I've read Chicken Every Sunday and Ridin' the Rainbow also by Taylor. I found this book for my dad who remembered reading it back in the 1960s. Taylor is an interesting western writer with a great eye for humor.