Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prelude -- The allure of manly men -- Orgasm face -- Under the big sky -- The aircraft carrier and the party boat -- Cowboy up -- The last best place -- Long horns and asphalt -- Burn the ships -- War bride -- The war of Northern aggression -- Go big or go home -- Dive into the word -- I, chicken farmer -- Horse people -- The cheese incident -- Osmond family singalong -- 200 hammers -- Genesis 3:16 -- A closet full of aprons, a larder full of pickles -- Moonshine on fire -- June born in july -- Blue tags.

A former New York City magazine editor describes the radical change in her life after she met a young bull rider while on assignment covering a rodeo and impulsively gave up her city life for a more authentic rural life.