Sandra Day O'Connor was born in El Paso, Texas, and attended college and law school at Stanford University. She has been married to John O'Connor since 1952, and they have three sons. Nominated by President Reagan as associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, she took the oath of office on September 25, 1981, the first woman to do so. H. Alan Day is a lifelong rancher who, after graduation from the University of Arizona, managed the Day ranch, the Lazy B, for thirty years. He also purchased and ran ranches in Nebraska and South Dakota, where he established a wild-horse sanctuary that, under contract with the U.S. government, cared for fifteen hundred wild horses. He lives in Tucson.
A loving but clear-eyed portrait of a distinctive and vanished American way of life. --The New York Times Book Review A charming memoir about growing up as sturdy cowboys and cowgirls in a time now past. --USA Today This is a book for every reader, whether interested in conservation, history, family dynamics, education, or just plain adventure. --Jill Ker Conway [O'Connor's] beautifully told story of the Lazy B will eventually settle on the reader and, like a magic dust of smiles and pleasures, stay there forever. --Jim Lehrer