Big Springs: Where the River Begins

About this book

Big Springs, one of the largest fresh-water springs in the world, becomes a place of clarity and new beginnings for Trippy and the young woman with whom he falls in love.The story unfolds in the rugged and isolated mountains of the Yellowstone/Teton Wilderness area, just prior to the Great Depression. Trippy and his mentor, Creighton Hurst, build a business that modernizes the moribund world of raising and fleecing sheep.It is a story of tragedy and loss, perseverance and determination, love, redemption, and second chances, set in the caldera of an ancient volcano that buried hundreds of thousands of acres in hot, molten lava millions of years ago.