05/29/2026
Thank you, Tales From The Book Dragon, for this glowing review of A Sometimes Paradise by Author Mark E. Miller.
We truly appreciate your continued support of our authors and their stories.
Throwback Thursday: A trip back in tim3
Good Evening My Fellow Book Dragons,
I do hope you are doing well tgis evening. Our Gem this evening came to me in a rusted beer can with a couple of bullet holes in it. I sat it on my kitchen counter and it began to rattle and spin and this true tale spun itself out.
"A Sometimes Paradise: Reflections on Life in a Wyoming Ranch Family is a work love by first time Dragon Feeder, Archeologist, Dr. Mark E. Miller, PhD.
This is a wonderful history lesson as Dr. Miller shares his family history of the ranch founded by his great grandfather, Isaac C. Miller in 1881.
He starts with an interview he did with his grandmother, Peg. It is a charming introduction to a way of life that, these days is often romanticized or demonized, depending on who's opinion one is reading.
Dr. Miller shows us an area we don't often see, the middle.
Here lies real people doing real work with livestock of sheep and cattle. Of days that start before the sun rises and often end past dark. We are shown and understand the hard work and dedication that go with loving a land that will spit in your eye.
From real cowboys who understand cattle to bureaucrats who have never sat foot on an actual ranch to outlaws working ranches to evade the law this is the way the American West was built: one fence post at a time.
I loved this story and I am so very glad Dr. Miller chose to share it with us. If you love real American history, the kind that gets in your bones and puts a knot in your belly, this is it.
You will not regret this trip into our long past and recent past.
Until next time, I remain, your Fellow Book Dragon
Drakon T Longwitten
Thank you to Sandra Jonas Publishing for the review copy.
