Windmill

Essays from Four Mile Ranch

• Author(s): David Romtvedt,
• Publisher: Red Crane Books
• Pages: 252
• ISBN_10: 1878610627
  ISBN_13: 9781878610621
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / General , Literary Collections / Essays , Social Science / Customs & Traditions , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / European American Studies , Social Science / Sociology / Rural ,

Description:... Romtvedt struck a chord with me and I found myself reading this fine book through in one sitting. Maybe it's because I too have fallen in love with the vast expanses of the western United States. Maybe it's because he writes lovingly about the Powder River Breaks, a region of Northeastern Wyoming and Southeastern Montana where I inadvertently launched a career in wind energy long ago. Or maybe it's because his descriptions of working on the 19 water-pumping windmills at Four Mile Ranch resonates with my experience removing rusted windchargers on Montana's prairie. Regardless of the reason, this vegetarian ranch hand's description of working atop a tower in mid-summer will ring true to anyone who has serviced wind turbines in California.