ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
A writer, like a sheriff, is the embodiment of a
group of people and, without their support, both are in a tight
spot. I have been fortunate to be blessed with a close order of
friends and associates who have made this book possible. They know
who they are and, as the tradition goes, you can never thank a good
cast too much.
Thanks to Sheriff Larry Kirkpatrick for a quarter
of a century of fighting the good fight, the Wyoming Division of
Criminal Investigation’s Sandy Mays and Harry’s pizza, which isn’t
so bad. To Henry Standing Bear for the magic and more, Marcus Red
Thunder for the sweat, Charles Little Old Man for the words,
Dorothy Caldwell Kisling for the stimulation, Donna Dubrow for the
motivation, and Gail Hochman for the belief. To Kathryn Court,
Clare Farraro, Sarah Manges, and Ali Bothwell Mancini, my ferocious
pride of lionesses at Viking Penguin.
Finally, to my wife and muse Judy all the love in
the world for greeting my daily reappearance from Absaroka County
with patience and good humor. I would be Walt without you.