| The conflict between a group of free grazing cattlemen and a wealthy, unscrupulous rancher lies at the center of Open Range. |
| He's not really from Texas and he's not really a southern rancher or oilman. |
| Maybe I too could be a rancher in Montana, plucking a guitar on my porch as the sun goes down. |
| For the three months he'd spent there, he'd worked as a cowhand for Joel Diamond, the richest rancher in the territory. |
| Such is the case with a rancher named Baxter, a selfish baron so cold-hearted and villainous he lacks only a handlebar mustache to twirl. |
| What rancher or federal manager would listen to the management suggestions of a conservationist who advocated no grazing? |
