What People Are Saying About Michael McGarrity’s American West Trilogy
Hampton Sides
They don’t make cowboy epics like this anymore.
Hampton Sides
David Morrell
Hard Country is awesome in its scope.
David Morrell
Margaret Coel
A compelling and richly imagined epic told by a master storyteller.
Margaret Coel
Douglas Preston
Hard Country…is a ‘Western’ in the sense that Lonesome Dove was a Western. It transcends the genre.
Douglas Preston
N. Scott Momaday
McGarrity is an accomplished storyteller, and he writes with clarity, perception, and authenticity.
N. Scott Momaday
Denver Post
Backlands is a coming of age story….An epic novel with a grand sweep of the West.
Denver Post
The Santa Fe New Mexican
…Hard Country joins the ranks of superior historical novels.
The Santa Fe New Mexican
Robert L. Patten – Institute of English Studies, University of London
McGarrity’s trilogy achieves an encompassing history that is real, heart-stopping and harshly beautiful.
Robert L. Patten - Institute of English Studies, University of London
Library Journal
McGarrity’s well-researched details about life in New Mexico during the Great Depression will appeal to historical fiction fans, and his details about life on the ranch will appeal to readers of fiction set in the West.
Library Journal
Kirkus
A well-rendered neoclassic tale of the Old West, worthy of a place alongside Lonesome Dove and Sea of Grass.
