The stories convey the ups and downs of life along the ranching and mining frontiers, of the flexible movement by Americans and Mexicans across the international border, of the place of time-honored traditions – from special foods to gifts – in the warp and woof of daily life.
“. . . Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa and American mining impresario William C. Greene make cameo appearances . . . Williams captures the small moments – childhood pranks and human foibles – that bring smiles of recognition because they say something universal about the human condition.
The Journal of Arizona History
Ben Williams is one of the finest storytellers we’ve ever heard..”
Western National Parks Assoc.
“…fascinting stories told in an easy, readable style. As such, Williams, has established himself as a master of the Southwestern vignette.”
Tombstone Epitaph